Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai a Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, te tuawha o ngā tama a Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, te 5 o ngā Tākuta o Buccleuch, i kuraina ia ki Radley College, ā, i uru atu ki te Royal Navy i te tau 1853. I mahi ia i te Moana Pango i te tau 1855 i te Pakanga Crimean. I uru hoki ia ki te Pakanga o Fatshan Creek i te tau 1857 i te Pakanga Tuarua Opium
I mahi ia ki te Rōpū Taua Moana i te wā o te Mutiny Indian o te tau 1857.