Peerage Record – 1074

     Lady Henrietta Hyde was born circa 1677.¹ She was the daughter of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester and Lady Henrietta Boyle.¹ She married James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, son of James Scott, 1st and last Duke of Monmouth and Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, on 2 January 1693/94.¹ She died on 30 May 1730.¹ She was buried on 3 June 1730 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Scott.
     She was described by Evelyn as “one of the wittiest and craftiest of her sex.”¹ Lady Cowper wrote “she had all the life and fire of youth, and it was marvellous to see that the many afflictions she had suffered had not touched her wit and good nature, but at upwards of three score she had both in their full perfection.”¹

     Maj.-Gen. Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Delorain was born in 1676.¹ He was the son of James Scott, 1st and last Duke of Monmouth and Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch.¹ He married, firstly, Ann Duncombe, daughter of William Duncombe, in 1693.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Howard, daughter of Captain Charles Howard and Elizabeth Batten, on 14 March 1726.¹ He died on 25 December 1730, suddenly.^1,2 He was buried at Lidwell, Sandford St. Martin, Oxfordshire, England^G.³ His will was proven (by probate) on 4 February 1730/31.³
     He was created 1st Earl of Delorain [Scotland] on 29 March 1706.¹ He was created 1st Viscount of Hermitage [Scotland] on 29 March 1706.¹ He was created 1st Lord Goldielands [Scotland] on 29 March 1706.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier-General in 1710.² He was Colonel of the 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards between 1715 and 1717.¹ He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1715 and 1730.¹ He held the office of Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales between 1718 and 1727.² He was Colonel of the 16th Foot between 1724 and 1730.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1725.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General in 1727.¹ He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George II between 1727 and 1730.⁴ He was Colonel of the 7th Horse between July 1730 and December 1730.¹

     Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis of Eye was baptised on 28 December 1655.¹ He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis of Eye and Margaret Playsted.² He married, firstly, Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Fox and Elizabeth Whittle, on 27 December 1673.³ He married, secondly, Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, daughter of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Leslie, on 6 May 1688 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Covent Garden, London, England^G.¹ He died on 29 April 1698 at age 42.^4,3 He was buried at Broome, Suffolk, England^G.¹
     He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Cornwallis [E., 1627] on 13 April 1673.³ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Cornwallis of Eye, Suffolk [E., 1661] on 13 April 1673.³ In 1676 he was acquitted of manslaughter after having been a drinking companion of a Mr Gerard who had killed a lad called Robert Clerk for supposed disrespect.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1689 and 1698.³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in March 1691/92.³

     Sophia Jane Cooke was born in 1988.¹ She is the daughter of Geoffrey Stuart David Cooke and Louise Jane Bracher.¹

     Elizabeth Ann Cooke was born in 1990.¹ She is the daughter of Geoffrey Stuart David Cooke and Louise Jane Bracher.¹

     Lady Jane Douglas was born on 24 May 1701 at London, England^G.² She was the daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and Mary Boyle.¹ She married Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch, son of James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and Lady Henrietta Hyde, on 5 April 1720 at Earl of Rochester’s House, Privy Gardens, Whitehall, London, England^G.¹ She died on 31 August 1729 at age 28 at Langley, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ She was buried at Dalkeith Castle, Scotland^G.¹
     Her married name became Scott.

     Juliette Rose Cooke was born in 1992.¹ She is the daughter of Geoffrey Stuart David Cooke and Louise Jane Bracher.¹

     Helen Louisa Taylor was the daughter of William Taylor.¹ She married George William Hope Johnstone, son of Charles Henry Edmund Hope Johnstone and Elizabeth Wright, in 1946.¹ She died in 1964.¹
     From 1946, her married name became Hope Johnstone.¹

     John Scott, Lord Scott of Whitchester was born on 3 June 1745.² He was the son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and Caroline Campbell, Baroness Greenwich.¹ He was baptised on 1 July 1745 at St. George’s Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England^G.² He died on 31 January 1748/49 at age 3, from smallpox.² He was buried at Dalkeith Castle, Scotland^G.²
     He was styled as Lord Scott of Whitchester.¹

     William Taylor lived at Howick, Scotland^G.¹