During his life, he was a captain of the 34th Regiment of Foot from 1843 to 1851 where he was stationed at Athlone, Ireland, and Corfu.
[2] He was also Lieutenant-Colonel of the Roxburgh and Selkirk Rifle Volunteers from 1868 to 1885, and Brigadier General of the Royal Company of Archers.
[6][7] Scott-Douglas met his wife, Mariquita, who was the eldest daughter of Don Francisco Serran Sanches de Piña, in Gibraltar, and they were married in 1851.
Their eldest son, James, was due to receive the baronetcy on Scott-Douglas' death; however, on 3 July 1879, while on tour in Zululand, he was killed.
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