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SCOTT'S FAMILY TODAY

Although at one time reduced to just one individual, Mary Monica Hope-Scott, Sir Walter Scott now has many direct descendants in the UK, Australia and Canada.

Along with Dame Jean's executors, the family agreed that Walter Scott's literary legacy as well as his house would be best preserved through the creation of the charitable trust which runs Abbotsford today. Matthew Maxwell Scott, one of Sir Walter's great-great-great-great-grandchildren, serves as a trustee.

Scotts Children

Scott had four children, Sophia, Walter, Anne and Charles 

Charlotte and John Hope Scott

On the death of Scott’s son Walter in 1847, Abbotsford passed to Scott’s granddaughter, Charlotte.

Mary Monica Maxwell Scott

Mary Monica Hope Scott was born in 1852 and married the Hon Joseph Constable-Maxwell in 1874. They adopted the surname Maxwell Scott.

Major General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott

Major General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott was born in 1875. He married Mairi Richmond Macdougall in 1918 and they had two children, Patricia and Jean.

Dame Jean and Mrs Patricia Maxwell Scott

Patricia Maxwell Scott was born in 1921 and married Harold Boulton in 1944. The marriage was annulled and Patricia reverted to the Maxwell Scott surname in 1951.

Scott's Family Today

Although at one time reduced to just one individual, Mary Monica Hope-Scott, Sir Walter Scott now has many direct descendants in the UK, Australia and Canada.

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