SCOTT, Sir William (1745-1836), of Doctors’ Commons and Erleigh Court, nr. Reading, Berks.
Adv. Doctors’ Commons 1779; admiralty adv. 1782 – 88; registrar, ct. of faculties 1783 – 90; king’s adv. 1788 – 98; judge of consistory ct. of London and vicar-gen. of province of Canterbury 1788 – 1821; master of faculties Apr. 1790 – d.; bencher M. Temple 1794, reader 1799, treas. 1807; judge, ct. of admiralty Oct. 1798 – Feb. 1828; PC 31 Oct. 1798; member, bd. of trade 1798 – d.; charity commr. 1818 – 28; commr. for building new churches 1818.
Maj. L. Inn vols. 1799.
See H.J. Bourgignon, Sir William Scott, Lord Stowell (1987); Oxford DNB.
SCOTT, Sir William (1745-1836)
