William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger
| The Lord Abinger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 August 1826 Abinger, England |
| Died | 16 January 1892 (aged 65) Fort William, Scotland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General William Frederick Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger CB, DL (30 August 1826 – 16 January 1892) was a British peer and soldier.
Lord Abinger was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He became a Captain of the Scots Fusilier Guards regiment of the British Army. He served in the Crimean War fighting between 1854 and 1855 in the battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman.
Scarlett succeeded his father Robert Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger, in 1861. He visited the United States during the American Civil War He was promoted to Major in 1868, with promotions through the ranks at intervals of six, three and five years.
In the 1877 Birthday Honours, Lord Abinger was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Companion (CB).
In 1863 he married Helen Magruder, daughter of Commodore George Allan Magruder, of the United States Navy. They had one son, James. Their daughter Evelina, who married Major Henry Haverfield, was a suffragette and an aid worker during World War I. One of the two main family estates at this time (the other being the house that is today Inverlochy Castle Hotel) was Abinger Hall, at the foot of the North Downs in Abinger, Surrey. The third baron sold it in 1867 to a Mr Gwynne, who soon thereafter sold it to become the family seat of the statistician recently created first Lord Farrer, who rebuilt the house on that land.
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