Francis Scott (31 January 1806,
Mertoun,
Berwickshire – 9 March 1884, Send Hurst near
Guildford) was a British politician.
Scott was the youngest son of
Hugh Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth. Educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge, he read for the bar at the
Middle Temple.[1] In 1835 he married the daughter of the Rev. Charles Boultbee.[2] He was MP for
Roxburghshire from 1841 to 1847, and for
Berwickshire from 1847 to 1859.[3] Between 1844 and 1851, Scott acted as the Parliamentary Agent for the New South Wales, representing the interests of the New South Wales Legislative Council in the House of Commons.[2][4][5][6]
From 1866 to 1876 he was master of the Surrey Union hounds, and actively promoted the Hunt Servants' Benefit Society.[7]
^Lowe, R. (17 November 1851).
"Anti-Transportation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 4526. New South Wales Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.