Sir John Scott (b c 1564 d. 24 September 1616) was an English soldier and politician, and

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(MP).

Early life

He was the second son of Sir Thomas Scott, born around the year 1564. His family homes were

Scot's Hall Scot's Hall (or Scott's Hall) was a country house in Smeeth, between Ashford and Folkestone in southeast England. It was the property of a gentry family, the Scotts. The first known resident was Sir John Scott (born 1436), who married Caroline ...

and

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Career

He served as captain of a band of lancers in the English army in the

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, and in 1588 was knighted for his services. In 1597 he commanded a ship in the expedition to the

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. In 1601, Scott was implicated in

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but succeeded in clearing himself, and in the same year was a parliamentary candidate for

in 1601. He was unsuccessful on this first attempt, but was elected its MP in the Parliament of 1604 and for

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in the

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of 1614. In November 1603

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appointed him as one of the advisors for the administration of her English jointure lands. Scott was an early investor in the

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. He became a member of the Council for Virginia in 1607, the year when that colony was re-established, subscribing £75, and was a councillor of the

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in 1609. He died in 1616 and was buried at

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in Kent.

Marriages

Scott married twice, but had no issue:; . *Firstly, in 1590, to

Elizabeth Stafford Elizabeth Stafford, also known as Dame Elizabeth Drury and – in the years prior to her death in 1599 – Dame (Lady) Elizabeth Scott, was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I. She and her first husband, Sir William Drury, entertained ...

(d. 6 February 1599), widow of

Sir William Drury Sir William Drury (2 October 152713 October 1579) was an English statesman and soldier. Family William Drury, born at Hawstead in Suffolk on 2 October 1527, was the third son of Sir Robert Drury (c. 1503–1577) of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshi ...

(30 May 1550 – 18 January 1590) of

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, and daughter of Sir William Stafford (d. May 1556) by his wife,

Dorothy Stafford Dorothy Stafford, Lady Stafford (1 October 1526 – 22 September 1604) was an English noblewoman, and an influential person at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, to whom she served as Mistress of the Robes. Dorothy Stafford was the second ...

(1 October 1526 – 22 September 1604), granddaughter of

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. By his first marriage, Scott was the stepfather of Sir Robert Drury, friend of the poet,

John Donne John Donne ( ; 22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a clergy, cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's ...

. Without issue. *Secondly, before 17 September 1599, he married Katherine Smythe, widow of Sir Rowland Hayward,

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, and daughter of

Thomas Smythe Sir Thomas Smythe (or Smith, c. 1558 – 4 September 1625) was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until envel ...

(d.1591). She was baptised Katherine Smith on 6 Dec 1561 at All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London and is recorded in the Smythe pedigree taken during the Heraldic Visitation of London in 1568 and the Visitation of Kent in 1619 as the daughter of Thomas Smythe and Alice Judde. Without issue.

Notes

References

* * * * * * J. E. Neale, ''The Elizabethan House of Commons'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)

External links

Stafford, Elizabeth, in Emerson, Kate, ''A Who's Who of Tudor Women''Letter from Anne of Denmark, Wilton 12 November 1603, appointing John Scott as an administrator of her jointure estate. British Library
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