Sir Robert Donald Scott (13 November 1901 – 18 June 1974) was a British
Conservative Party
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politician.
Early life and education
Scott was son of timber importer William Scott, of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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. He was educated at
Mill Hill School
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History
A committee of Nonconformist me ...
and
Magdalene College, Cambridge
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. His father bought him a farm, Caistron, at
Thropton
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, Northumberland, which he farmed from 1926.
Political career
Scott was elected unopposed as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Wansbeck in a
by-election on 22 July 1940, but at the
1945 general election he lost his seat to
Labour
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's
Alf Robens, who won with a majority of over 13,000 votes.
He held office as joint
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, from May to July 1945.
At the
1950 general election, he was returned to Parliament for the new constituency of
Penrith and The Border, where he was re-elected at the
1951 election. He stood down at the
1955 general election, when he was succeeded by the future
Deputy Prime Minister
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William Whitelaw
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. Scott was knighted in 1955.
Personal life
Scott married Olive Anna Daphne, daughter of J. J. Russell, of Ballygasson House,
County Louth
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. They had two daughters, (Ellenora) Maureen Russell Scott and (Rachel) Mirabel Steel Scott.
References
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1901 births
1974 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Knights Bachelor
Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945
UK MPs 1935–1945
UK MPs 1950–1951
UK MPs 1951–1955
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