Francis Scott (British politician)

Francis Scott (31 January 1806, Mertoun, Berwickshire – 9 March 1884, Send Hurst near Guildford) was a British politician.

Scott was the youngest son of Hugh Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he read for the bar at the Middle Temple.[1] He was MP for Roxburghshire from 1841 to 1847, and for Berwickshire from 1847 to 1859.[2] From 1866 to 1876 he was master of the Surrey Union hounds, and actively promoted the Hunt Servants' Benefit Society.[3]

References

"Scott, Francis (id-SCT823F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892-1921
British sports and sportsmen, 15 vols.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Francis Scott

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Edmund Elliot	Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire 1841 – 1847	Succeeded by John Edmund Elliot
Preceded by Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell	Member of Parliament for Berwickshire 1847 – 1859	Succeeded by David Robertson

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[1] "Scott, Francis (id-SCT823F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892-1921

[3] British sports and sportsmen, 15 vols.