SCOTT, James I (1671-1732), of Logie and Castlested, Montrose, Forfar.

Family and Education

b. 1671. 1st s. of James Scott, MP [S], of Logie and Castlested by Agnes, da. of Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Glenfarquhar, Kincardine. m. contr. 3 Nov. 1692, Isabella, da. of Sir Alexander Bannerman, 2nd Bt., of Elsick, Kincardine, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. bef. 1722. Hist. Scot. Parl. 615; Burke, Commoners, iv. 543.

Offices Held

Burgess, Aberdeen 1698; provost, Montrose 1710, 1722. New Spalding Club, Misc. ii. 120; D. Fraser, The Smugglers, 39.

MP [S] Forfarshire 1698–1702, Montrose 1702–7.

Jt. master of works [S] 1700–aft. 1708; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 338; 1702–3, p. 353; 1703–4, p. 404; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxii. 113.

Parlimentarian

SCOTT, James (1671-1732), of Logie, Forfar.

Main residence: Logie and Castlested, Montrose, Forfar.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

SCOTT, James I (1671-1732)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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