Sir Walter Constable-Maxwell-Scott, 1st Baronet

Major-General Sir Walter Joseph Constable-Maxwell-Scott, 1st Baronet CB, DSO (10 April 1875 – 3 April 1954) was a senior British Army officer.

Sir Walter Constable-Maxwell-Scott
Sir Walter Joseph Constable Maxwell-Scott
Born10 April 1875
Died3 April 1954
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held132nd Infantry Brigade
1st Rhine Brigade
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Battles/warsTirah campaign
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Educated at Stonyhurst College,[1] Constable-Maxwell-Scott transferred from the militia into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 11 January 1899.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

He inherited Abbotsford House on the death of his mother, Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott, in March 1920.[5]

Family

In March 1918 he married Mairi Richmond Macdougall; they had two daughters (Patricia Maxwell-Scott and Dame Jean Maxwell-Scott).[1] Following the death of his first wife, he married Marie Louise St. Paul Logan in June 1928.[1][6]

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  2. "No. 27048". The London Gazette. 3 February 1899. p. 720.
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. "The Descendants of Sir Walter Scott: Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott". Abbotsford - the Home of Sir Walter Scott. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. "The Descendants of Sir Walter Scott: Major-General Walter Maxwell-Scott". Abbotsford - the Home of Sir Walter Scott. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Henry Thuillier		 GOC 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
1930–1934		 Succeeded by
Andrew McCulloch
Baronetage of England
New title Baronet
(of Abbotsford )
1932–1954		 Succeeded by
Extinct
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