Family and Education
b. 31 Dec. 1724, 1st s. of Walter Scott of Harden by his 3rd w. Ann, da. of John Scott of Gorrenberry. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1743-4. m. 18 Apr. 1754, Lady Diana Hume, da. of Hugh, 3rd Earl of Marchmont [S] (de jure Baroness Polwarth 1822), 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1746.
Offices Held
Receiver gen. and cashier of the excise in Scotland Apr. 1765; trustee for fisheries and manufactures in Scotland Nov. 1769.
Main residences: Harden, Roxburgh; Mertoun, Berwicks.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
SCOTT, Walter (1724-93)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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