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ABiNGER COMPLETE PEERAGE 51 Henrietta, 3rd da. of Peter Campbell, of Kilmorey, co. Argyll. She d. 8 Mar. 1829. He w., 2ndly (a few months before his death), 28 Sep. 1843, at Oclcley, Surrey, Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. Henry John Ridley, Rector of Abinger, and da. of Lee Steere Steere, formerly L. S. Witts, of Jayes, in Wotton, Surrey, by Sarah, da. of Robert Harrison, of London. He was struck with paralysis, after having sat through the whole day in Court, at Bury St. Edmund's, and d. there (five days afterwards), 7, and was bur. 14 Apr. 1844, at Abinger. Will pr. 1844, under ^Ti 8,800. His widow d. 13 Oct. 1886 at West Cliff House, Brighton, aged 84. Will pr. at Lewes, 9 Nov. 1886, under ^£40,000. n. 1844. 2. Robert Campbell (Scarlett), Baron Abinger, s. and h., by first wife, b. 5 Sep. 1794, in London. Ed. at Trin. Coll., Cambridge, B.A. 18 15, M.A.'i8i8. Barrister (Inner Temple) 1818. M.P. for Norwich 1835-38; for Horsham 1841-44. Sometime British Minister at Florence. He w., 19 July 1 824, Sarah, 2nd da. of George Smith, Chief Justice of the Mauritius. He d. 24 June 1861, at Abinger Hall, Surrey, aged 66, having survived his br.-in-law. Lord Chanc. Campbell, but one day. His widow d. 3 June 1878, in her 76th year, at Queen's Gate Terrace, South Kensington. III. 1861. 3. William Frederick (Scarlett), Baron Abinger, s. and h., b. 30 Aug. 1826 at Abinger Hall, Surrey. Ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge. Entered the army 1 846 ; Capt. and Lieut. Col. Scots Fusilier Guards 1855, Major 1868, Lieut. Col. 1874, Major Gen. 1877, Lieut. Gen. 1882. Served in the Crimean War, 1854-56, and was at Alma, Inkermann, Balaklava, ^c. Retired on half-pay, Sep. 1877. CB. 2 June 1877 ; 5th class Medjidie. He settled in Scotland at Inverlochie Castle, co. Inverness. Hew., 23 Dec. 1863, at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, Helen (Ella, or Eileen), 2nd da. of George Allan Magruder, Commodore in the U. S. Navy. He d. 16 Jan. 1892, aged 65, at Inverlochie Castle, and was bur. at Inverlochie. Will pr. at ;/^ 108, 1 67 gross, and ;^93,933 net. His widow living 1909. IV. 1892. 4. James Yorke MacGregor (Scarlett), Baron Abinger [1835], only s. and h., b. 13 Mar. 1871 ; sometime Lieut. 2nd Batt. Cameron Highlanders. He d. unm., suddenly, at supper at Montmartre, Paris, 11, and was bur. 19 Dec. 1903, at Inver- lochie Castle. Will pr. over ;^24,ooo personalty. C") He was sue. by his cousin, who does not come within the scope of this work. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 39,414 acres in co. Inverness, worth £^,1^6 a year, and 1,005 '" Surrey valued at ;£689 (") He left his estates to his successor, excluding, however, his next heir, and all who are Rom. Catholics.