Person Scott; John (1751 - 1838); 1st Earl of Eldon and Viscount Encombe Scott John 1751 - 1838 British Male Love Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England 04 June 1751 Hamilton Place, London 13 January 1838 Burial: Kingston Chapel graveyard, near Encombe, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

Barrister Education: Royal Grammar School, Newcastle; the school of Charles Hutton (FRS 1774); University College Oxford. BA (1770); MA (1773); DCL (1801 Career: Fellow of University College, Oxford; MP for Weobley (1782-99); Solicitor General (1788-1793); Attorney General (1793-1799); Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1799); Lord Chancellor (1801-1806, 1807-1827) Honours: Kt 1788; Baron Eldon 1799; Viscount Encombe and Earl of Eldon 1821 Memberships: FSA Younger brother of William Scott, Baron Stowell (FRS 1793) Fellow 14/02/1793 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1838 No 35 p 94 References: J M Edmonds, 'The Founding of the Oxford Readership in Geology, 1818' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 33-51 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 4 Jun 1751 - 13 Jan 1838 NA6409 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 84bfe2eb-341f-446e-80f0-4842e58be73f