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Charles Rochfort Scott (8 February 1797 – 4 July 1872) was a

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officer who became

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Military career

Rochfort Scott was commissioned into the

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where he remained until 1834 when he transferred to the 81st Regiment of Foot. It was in that year that he visited the Labyrinth of Messara at

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and recorded his impressions. He spent most of 1840 and 1841 surveying parts of

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; in January 1842 he was transferred to

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and in 1845 to

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but throughout that time was still completing his maps of Syria. He was appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General in

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in 1849 but by 1854 he was Assistant Quartermaster-General for the Northern District and in 1857 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the

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. He was appointed

in 1864. He was also

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of the 100th Regiment of Foot.

Works

*C. Rochfort Scott, ''Rambles in Egypt and Candia'', Henry Colburn, London 1837 *C. Rochfort Scott, ''Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda And Granada'', London 1838 *C. Rochfort Scott and Basil Jackson, ''The Military Life of Field Marshal, the Duke of Wellington, KG'', Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London 1840 *C. Rochfort Scott, ''Map of Syria, constructed from the surveys and sketches of the under mentioned officers in that country in 1840 and 1841'' by Major C. Rochfort Scott, Royal Staff Corps, under whose general direction the work was undertaken, Major F. H. Robe, 87th Fusiliers and R. Wilbraham, 7th Fusiliers, and Lieut. J. F. A. Symonds Royal Engineers, London 1846

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Charles 1797 births 1872 deaths British Army generals 81st Regiment of Foot officers Royal Staff Corps officers Military personnel from Newcastle upon Tyne