Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Scarlett, JAMES, BARON ABINGER, born in 1769, was called to the bar in 1791, and, taking silk in 1816, won a seat in Parliament as a Tory two years later, and became Attorney-General in 1827, retiring with Lord Goderich, but being recalled by Wellington in 1829 to support Catholic Emancipation. In 1834 Peel made him Chief Baron, and he died in 1844.