Percy Scarlett

Scarlett was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett and Bessie Florence Gibson, and the great-grandson of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger.[1] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. Three of his brothers succeeded to the Abinger Barony, and in 1904 Scarlett was granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a baron by Royal Warrant.[1]

He attend the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in 1907.[2] He fought in the First World War,[3] during which he was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was awarded the Military Cross. Promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel he was in the service of the Shanghai Defence Force from 1927 to 1928.[2] Promoted to brigadier, he served as commander of the 12th Infantry Brigade and Deputy Constable of Dover Castle between 1936 and 1938.[2] Promoted to major-general he was General Officer Commanding the Deccan District in India in 1938.[2] He saw service in the Second World War and was General Officer Commanding the Indian 4th Infantry Division from 1939 to 1940.[2] He became Director of Mobilization in 1940 and was Deputy Adjutant-General between 1940 and 1942.[2] Scarlett was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1941[4] and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Kent in 1949.[5] Between 1943 and 1953 he was the Colonel of the Buffs.[2] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1952.

He married Margaret Macdonald Humphreys, daughter of Thomas Humphreys, on 21 November 1928. They had no children.[6]