Educated at
Stonyhurst College, Constable-Maxwell-Scott transferred from the
militia into the
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 11 January 1899. He saw action in the
Tirah campaign, the
Second Boer War and the
First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the
Distinguished Service Order, and promoted to temporary brigadier general in January 1918. After the war he became commander of the
132nd Infantry Brigade in February 1923, commander of the 1st Rhine Brigade in April 1924 and General Officer Commanding
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in March 1930 before retiring in March 1934. He inherited
Abbotsford House on the death of his mother,
Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott, in March 1920. He is buried immediately adjacent to the side wall of
Walter Scott's grave at
Dryburgh Abbey. ==Family==