James Yorke Scarlett

(1799-1871)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Scarlett, James Yorke, Sir, 1799-1871 DNB: Scarlett, Sir James Yorke (1799–1871), army officer LBT ID: JaScarl1871 VIAF ID: 26418011 LOC ID: n2001126060	B/BAP: 1799-02-01 DIED: 1871-12-06
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The son of Sir James Scarlett, baron Abinger; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he served in the 6th Dragoon Guards and fought with distinction in the Crimean War.
REFERENCES TO James Yorke Scarlett: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1825 Found 1: ¶ 86