John Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon
English soldier and peer (1937–2017)
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John Joseph Nicholas Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon (24 April 1937 – 30 January 2017), was an English soldier and hereditary peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1976 to 1999. Before 1976, he was known formally as Viscount Encombe.
24 April 1937
The Earl of Eldon | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 20 October 1976 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 4th Earl of Eldon |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Joseph Nicholas Scott 24 April 1937 |
| Died | 20 January 2017 (aged 79) |
| Party | Crossbench |
The son of John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon, and his wife Magdalen Fraser, a daughter of Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat, he was educated at Ampleforth College and Trinity College, Oxford, and then commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Greys. He later served as a lieutenant in the Army Reserve.[1]
On 20 October 1976, he succeeded as Earl of Eldon (a peerage created in 1821) and also as Viscount Encombe (1821) and Baron Eldon (1799).[1] He took up his seat in the House of Lords, and from 1978 sat as a Crossbench peer.[2]
On 1 July 1961, as Lord Encome, he married Claudine de Montjoye-Vaufrey, a daughter of Count Franz de Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche. They had three children:[1]
- John Francis Scott, later 6th Earl of Eldon (born 1962)
- Lady Tatiana Maria Laura Rose Columba Fidelis Scott (born 1967)
- Lady Victoria Laura Maria Magdalene Scott (born 1968) who married Mark Pougatch in 2000.
Notes
- Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.