Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Scott, John (5)
Scott, John, s. William, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, gent. University Coll., matric. 15 May, 1766, aged 15; B.A. 1770, M.A. 1773, D.C.L. by diploma 15 Oct., 1801, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1776, K.C., and a bencher 1782, solicitor-general 1788-93, knighted 27 June, 1788, attorney-general 1793, serjeant-at-law 1799, M.P. Weobley 1783-96, Boroughbridge 1796-9, lord-chief justice Common Pleas 1799, created Baron Eldon 18 July, 1799, lord high chancellor of England 1801-6, 1807-27, and high steward of Oxford University, created Earl of Eldon 7 July, 1821, F.R.S., F.S.A., died 13 Jan., 1838, father of the next named. See Foster's Peerage.