Shelley Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger
Commander Shelley Leopold Laurence Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger (1 April 1872 – 23 May 1917), was a British peer.
Scarlett was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett, and a great-grandson of the 1st Baron Abinger. His mother had been adopted by Percy Florence Shelley, son of Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Life
Scarlett served as an Honorary Attaché in Stockholm from 1897 to 1899.[1]
He succeeded his second cousin in 1903. In 1904, a Royal Warrant of Precedence was issued, which allowed Scarlett's siblings (Robert, Hugh, Ruth, Percy, and Leopold) to be styled The Honourable.[2]
He served in World War I from 1914 holding the rank of captain and honorary major in the 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.[1] On 17 October 1915, Scarlett was awarded a temporary commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the honorary rank of commander.[3] Serving under the Director of the Intelligence Division[4] he ran intelligence gathering operations in the south of neutral Spain.[5]
He was serving at the Admiralty at the time of his death in May 1917 aged 45. He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.[4]
Marriage
Though married to Lilia Lucy Catherine Mary White (daughter of the Right Honourable Sir William Arthur White) in 1899, they had no male heirs. Thus, Lord Abinger was succeeded by his brother Robert at his death.
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by James Scarlett |
Baron Abinger 1903–1917 |
Succeeded by Robert Scarlett |
References
- "Abinger, Baron (UK, 1835)". Cracroft's Peerage. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- "No. 27700". The London Gazette. 29 July 1904. p. 4907.
- "No. 29333". The London Gazette. 19 October 1915. p. 10279.
- "Scarlett, Shelley Leopold Lawrence". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- García Sanz, Carolina (5 January 2018). "Intelligence and Espionage (Spain)". International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- "Abinger, Baron (Scarlett) (Baron UK 1835)". Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited. 1995. pp. 8–9.
- "Shelley Leopold Laurence Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger". The Peerage. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Abinger