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Darwin Correspondence Project

Hercules Scott

1823–97

Landed proprietor. A cousin of Hewett Cottrell Watson. Living in Torquay, Devon, in 1861. Of Brotherton Castle, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland, 1871.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/1412/5/4)

Census returns of Scotland 1871 (The National Archives of Scotland: Benholm 2/11)

Correspondence vol. 9, letter from H. C. Watson, 24 July 1861

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 15 February 2022)

Manchester, England, births and baptisms, 1813–1901 (Cathedral) Ancestry.com, accessed 15 February 2022)

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