James Winter Scott (26 May 1799 – 4 January 1873) was a British Whig politician from

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. On 24 January 1828, he married Lucy Jervoise, daughter of Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise: Scott's brother-in-law, Jervoise, was an MP for the neighbouring

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seat. Scott was elected at the 1832 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly created Northern division of Hampshire. He was re-elected in

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, but retired from the

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at the 1837 general election. He made no recorded contribution to debates. He was nominated as

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in 1861 and in 1862, and after a third nomination in 1863 he was appointed to the office in 1864, when his address was given as

Rotherfield Park Rotherfield Park is a country house and estate located in East Tisted, East Hampshire in England. The park originated as a medieval hunting park, which may have been predated by a settlement and was later in the 18th century turned into pleasure ...

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. Scott and his wife had eight children. The family lived at

East Tisted East Tisted () is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south of Alton on the A32 road. The village lies 50 miles south-west of London, 14 miles east of the city of Winche ...

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* 1799 births 1873 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 High Sheriffs of Hampshire People from Alton, Hampshire {{England-UK-MP-stub