George Scott (unknown – 1767) was a British army officer stationed in Acadia (now primarily Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick, Canada) who fought in Father Le Loutre's War and the French and Indian War. Scott first served in the

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starting in 1746 and then became captain in 1751. In 1753, he took command of

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. He made contact with French government agent

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, who betrayed the Acadians by giving information to the British. Scott relinquished command of Fort Lawrence in the autumn of 1754. Preparations were then being made for an attack on Beauséjour, and he was appointed to command one of the two battalions of Massachusetts Governor William Shirley's troops ( John Winslow was appointed to the other). He played a considerable part in the brief siege. When Lieutenant-general

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departed Beauséjour in November, Scott was left in command in the Chignecto area. Scott was a commander of light troops and an officer of Major General Peregrine Hopson's 40th Regiment of Foot, and was familiar with irregular tactics. Orders issued on 12 May 1758, stated that "the rangers, and light infantry, appointed to act as rangers, are to be commanded by Major Scott." He was to serve with distinction both during the Siege of Louisbourg (1758) and later with Major General James Wolfe at Battle of the Plains of Abraham. He also was employed in the Petitcodiac River Campaign and the

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against the Acadians. Scott was given the rank of major in the army effective 28 December 1758. He remained on the list of the 40th Foot as a captain, and evidently was an absentee company commander in the regiment until his death. GeorgeScottc1750

Monckton appointed Scott

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. Scott made his will there in December 1764, just before leaving to become acting

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. Scott created a will and left notice that he would be in a duel the following day. Scott was killed or mortally wounded in a duel on 6 November 1767. He left in his will property to his wife Abigail and his father, three brothers (one of whom, Joseph Scott, lived in Halifax at

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beside

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) and three sisters. A purported miniature of Scott is reproduced in Webster’s ''Thomas Pichon''; it portrays a sharp and rather unpleasant face.

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Major George Scott and the French and Indian War
* George Scott, "Report of the Tour to Petitcodiac River", The Northcliffe Collection, p. 99; also published in Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society, No. 13, (1930), p. 101.
Robert Monckton, "Report of the Proceedings of the Troops on the Expedition Up St. Johns River in the Bay of Fundy Under the Command of Col. Monckton", The Northcliffe Collection, p. 102; also published in Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society, No. 5, (1904), p. 165.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, George 18th-century births 1767 deaths British Army personnel of the Seven Years' War Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) 40th Regiment of Foot officers Governors of British Grenada Governors of Dominica People of Father Le Loutre's War

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