Family and Education
b. 17 Oct. 1745, 1st s. of William Scott, coal-fitter, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and 2nd w. Jane, da. of Henry Atkinson of Newcastle; bro. of Sir John Scott†. educ. Newcastle g.s.; Corpus, Oxf. 1761, BA 1764; fellow, Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1765-81, tutor 1765-76, MA 1767, BCL 1772, DCL 1779; Camden reader of ancient hist. 1773-85; M. Temple 1762, called 1780. m. (1) 7 Apr. 1781, Anna Maria (d. 4 Sept. 1809), da. and h. of John Bagnall of Erleigh Court, 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 10 Apr. 1813, Lady Louisa Catherine Howe, da. and coh. of Richard Howe†, 1st Earl Howe, wid. of John Denis Browne, 1st mq. of Sligo [I], s.p. suc. fa. 1776; Kntd. 3 Sept. 1788; cr. Bar. Stowell (of Stowell Park, Glos. which he bought for £165,000 in 1811 from the legatee of the 4th Bar. Chedworth) 17 July 1821. d. 28 Jan. 1836.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Doctors’ Commons; Erleigh Court, nr. Reading, Berks.
Notes
See H.J. Bourgignon, Sir William Scott, Lord Stowell (1987); Oxford DNB.
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