Earls of Delorain (1706)

1^st Earl of Delorain, Henry Scott, b.1676, a.1706, d.1730

Son of Sir James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, and Anne Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch. In 1706 he was created 1^st Earl of Delorain, 1^st Viscount of Hermitage and 1^st Lord Goldilands, all in the Peerage of Scotland. He was a career soldier, and reached the rank of Brigadier-General in 1710, serving as Colonel in turn of the 2^nd Horse Grenadier Guards, the 16^th Foot, and later the 7^th Horse, reaching the rank of Major-General in 1727. He was a Representative Peer from 1715 to 1730 and also served at Court, first as Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales between 1718 and 1727, and then as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George I. He was invested as a Knight of the Bath in 1725.

2^nd Earl of Delorain, Francis Scott, b.1710, a.1730, d.1739

Son of the 1^st Earl and Ann Duncombe (b.b.1678, d.1720).

3^rd Earl of Delorain, Henry Scott, b.1712, a.1739, d.1739-1740

Younger son of the 1^st Earl. He was a Captain in the Royal Navy.

4^th Earl of Delorain, Henry Scott, b.1737, a.1739-1740, d.1807

Son of the 3^rd Earl and Elizabeth Fenwick (b.?, d.1794). Married but then separated, he died without issue, and all his titles became extinct.