Sir Walter Writer To The Signet Scott Scott

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Sir Walter Writer To The Signet Scott Scott

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sandyknowe Farm, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death: April 12, 1799 (69)
North Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Scott of Sandyknow and Barbara Halliburton
Husband of Anne Rutherford
Father of Anne Scott; Robert Scott; Elizabeth Scott; Jane Scott; Barbara Scott and 7 others
Brother of Thomas Scott; Janet Scott; Jean Scott; Capt Robert Scott of Rosebank; John Scott and 4 others

Occupation: Lawyer, Solicitor & Father of Walter Scott (Famous Author)
Managed by: Peter Alexis Andrews
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About Sir Walter Writer To The Signet Scott Scott

WALTER SCOTT WS

Walter Scott: Apprentice to (1) James Pringle; and (2) Thomas Cockburn, - Son of Robert Scott in Sandyknowes, Roxburghshire. Born 11th May 1729. Died 12th April 1799. Mat. April 1758, Anne, eldest daughter of John Rutherford, M.D., Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh. Father of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Novelist. Writers: 182

"...by no means a man of shining abilities. He was, however, a steady, expert man of business, insomuch as to prosper considerably in life; and nothing could exceed the gentleness, sincerity, and benevolence of his character."

Genealogy

  1. Stirnet: Scott 13
  2. The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; 1890; page 182
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Sir Walter Writer To The Signet Scott Scott's Timeline

1729
May 11, 1729
Sandyknowe Farm, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1771
August 15, 1771
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1773
Edinbrugh, Midlothian, Scotland