Scott, John, 1797-1873

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Scott, John, 1797-1873

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1797-1873

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SCOTT, SIR JOHN, only son of John Fallowfield Scott, New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, solicitor, and Mary, dau. of John Sarjeant (or Sergent (IGI)), Whitehaven, Cumberland; b. 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; left 1811; Cornet, 7th Hussars 4 May 1815; Lieut., 26 Oct 1815; Capt., 28 Jun 1821; Maj., 9 Nov 1826; Lieut. -Col., 31 Aug 1830; Col., 19 Jun 1846; Major-Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 13 Oct 1860; Gen., 1 May 1868; Col., 7th Hussars 17 Jun 1866; served Afghan War 1838-9, and first Sikh War, commanding a brigade at the battle of Sobraon 10 Feb 1846; ADC to Queen Victoria; CB 20 Dec 1839; KCB 28 Mar 1865; m. 8 Nov 1829 Alicia Eliza, dau. of Henry Forster Mills (qv); d. 18 Jan 1873.

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GB-2014-WSA-15358

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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