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Scott, William, ca. 1713-?
GB-2014-WSA-15370 · Person · ca. 1713-?

SCOTT, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1724; left 1727 (“a non-paying boy”).

Scott, William, 1800-?
GB-2014-WSA-20794 · Person · 1800-?

Scott, William; b. Wakefield, Yorks. (1851 Census, then aged 51 so b. c.1800) ; listed in Dean’s Yard, Boyle’s Court Guide 1828 ; first boarder admitted to house under this name 12 Jan 1829, last boarder admitted Jun 1854 ; F.H.Forshall (qv), adm. as a day-boarder to Scott’s in 1843, writes of the kindness of “the lady who kept it – Mrs Scott” ; m. 18 Aug 1827 Sarah Maria Singleton (b. City of London, 1851 Census) (already attached to Du Brieux boarding house in 1814, managing her own boarding house by Jun 1825, house still described as Singleton’s in Town Boy Ledger May 1832) : she aged 50 in 1851 (1851 Census), so born c.1801 : probably Sarah Maria Scott, death registered St.Margaret’s, Westminster, fourth quarter 1857). Father of George William Scott (qv). [1851 Census also records as living at 2 (sic) Deans Yard, their son George William Scott (qv), their dau. Henrietta Maria Scott, then aged 18, and Mrs Scott’s sister Jane Singleton (born City of London), then aged 55].

GB-2014-WSA-15369 · Person · 1916-1998

Scott, Walter Douglas, son of Walter Frederick Scott, bank manager, of Blackheath, and Myrtle Annie, d. of Rev. Walter Hawkins of Lewisham; b. 23 Aug. 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (A); left July 1935; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1939, MA 1943; RM 1939-45 (Maj.), wounded (Crete), despatches (Middle East) Jan. 1943; Nigerian Federal Public Service 1956-61; asst sec. Assn of British Chambers of Commerce 1962-8; finance officer Nuffield Foundation 1968-81, retd 1981; m. 29 Dec. 1945 Irene Constance, d. of E. J. Roberts of Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny; d. Aug. 1998.

GB-2014-WSA-15368 · Person · 1913-1988

Scott, Ursel Baliol, brother of Napier Baliol Scott (qv); b. 25 Apr. 1913; adm. May 1927 (A); left July 1931; LSE 1931-3; stock control RAOC 1939-45; Internat. Committee for Scientific Man­agement 1945-8; succeeded his father as editor and publisher of Mining Journal; hon. Fellow Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy 1976; m. 1st 24 Feb. 1945 Dorothy, d. of Rev. F. Barham Foster of Market Weston, Suffolk; 2nd 26 July 1982 Dorothy Hewitt; 3rd 1987 Sheelagh Scott; d. 20 Jan. 1988.

Scott, Thomas, fl. 1687
GB-2014-WSA-15367 · Person · fl. 1687

SCOTT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Scott, Elworthy, Somerset; b.; adm.; a letter written by Richard Healy to Richard Busby (qv), dated Wells 3 Mar 1685, recommends “one Thomas Scott, a little yellow-headed boy in your Schoole” for election as KS (Busby Trustees Archive); KS 1687; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1692, aged 18, scholar 28 Apr 1693, matr. 1693; clerk to Secretary of State, Scotland, c. 1710; Under Secretary to Duke of Roxburghe when Secretary of State for Scotland Dec 1716 – Aug 1725; author comedies The Mock Marriage, performed at Thestre in Dorset Gardens, 1696, and Unhappy Kindness, or the Fruitless Revenge, performed at Theatre Royal, 1697.

GB-2014-WSA-15366 · Person · 1883-1953

Scott, Reginald Basset Joyce, son of Edward John Long Scott, Litt.D., keeper of the MSS. British Museum, by Anna F. K., only daughter of Edward T. Donoghue; b. June 12, 1883; adm. May 6, 1897 (H); left July 1901; a journalist; m. July 31, 1923, Marie Frances, daughter of Arthur Morley Hurst, of Nuwara Eliga, Ceylon; d. June 20, 1953·

GB-2014-WSA-15365 · Person · 1919-1974

Scott, Ralph Henry Forster, son of Dixon Scott of Tynemouth and Virginia Bradfield, d. of Fred­ erick Duffel! of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 5 Feb. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric: 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; Roy. Warks Regt 1940-5 (Capt.); called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1947; a co. director; d. 29 May 1974.

GB-2014-WSA-15364 · Person · ca. 1735-?

SCOTT, PAUL ELLERS, son of John Scott, Dublin, “doctor”, and Elizabeth Ellors (sic : IGI); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1746; KS 1750; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – res 12 Dec 1757; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot 26 Apr 1757, retd. 1758; ordained; Curate, St. Paul, Covent Garden, in 1768-70; m. 22 Nov 1762 Mary Elly (IGI). [father perhaps Rev. John Scott DD ?]