William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell of Stowell Park
1745–1836
Scholar, politician, and maritime judge. Camden Reader in ancient history, University of Oxford, 1773–85. George III’s advocate-general, 1788; judge of the High Court of the Admiralty, 1798–1828. MP for Downton, 1784 and 1790; for Oxford University, 1801–21. Knighted, 1788; created Baron Stowell of Stowell Park, 1821.
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DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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