Scott was the second surviving son of
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (the
illegitimate son of King
Charles II by his mistress
Lucy Walter) by his wife
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, daughter of
Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe (d. 1720), a daughter of William Duncombe of Batthesden,
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. They had three surviving children: • Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Deloraine (1710–39) • Henry Scott, 3rd Earl of Deloraine (1712–40) • Anne Scott In 1706,
Queen Anne created him
Earl of Deloraine. In 1727 he was appointed a
Gentleman of the Bedchamber. In 1726, Deloraine married
Mary Howard, the granddaughter of Col.
Philip Howard, and the great-granddaughter of
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, both of the
Howard family, and they had two daughters: Lord Deloraine died suddenly on
Christmas Day in 1730 in Leadwell (now Ledwell), Oxfordshire, and is buried at
St Martin’s Church, in the village of
Sandford St Martin in
Oxfordshire. His second wife, who had been a royal mistress of
King George II, remarried, and she is buried at Windsor. == Arms ==