Hugh Scott of Gala

[1] He was raised as a career soldier, joining the 92nd Regiment of Foot as a Captain and later becoming a Major in the Dumfries, Roxburgh and Selkirkshire Militia.

[3] In 1872 he commissioned the Edinburgh architect David Bryce to build a New Gala House in the Scots Baronial style; this work was completed in 1876.

His estates passed to his eldest son, John Henry Francis Kinnaird Scott of Gala (1859-1935).

His second son, Captain Hugh James Elibank Scott (1861-1934), in 1890 inherited the Makerstoun Estate near Kelso, from Scott relations who, in turn, had inherited under an entail from their cousin Anna-Maria Brisbane-Makdougall of Makerstoun (1786-1862), wife of General Sir Thomas Brisbane.

His daughter, Madalen Augusta Lavinia Scott, CBE, (1867-1961) married General Sir Francis Davies KCB, KCMG, KCVO (1864-1948) in 1896 and lived at Elmley Castle, Pershore, Worcestershire, England.