Background
Scarlett was the son of Hugh and his wife Marjorie.
Scarlett was the son of Hugh and his wife Marjorie.
He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.
In 1968, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Essex. He was also the Vice-President of the Byron Society, and a Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Lord Abinger married Isla Carolyn Rivett-Carnac (1925-2011), sister of the last two baronets, in 1957, and had issue, two sons:
James Harry (born 1959), who succeeded his father on his death.
The Honourable Peter Richard Scarlett (born 1961).