Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott (13 July 1809 – 3 January 1860) was a 19th-century landlord and MP for

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. He was the third son of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch and younger brother to the 5th

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. He inherited his residence at Cawston in Warwickshire. In March 1836 he married Alicia Spottiswoode but died childless.Angus Calder, ‘

Alicia Ann Spottiswoode Alicia Ann, Lady John Scott, (née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) (24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900) was a Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, wer ...

(1810–1900)’,

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, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn

Election results

Labrador Retrievers

Outside public life Lord John Scott was a keen fisherman, hunter, and yachtsman. In the 1830s, he together with his brother the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and his uncle, the 10th Earl of HomeArticle written for The Field, 30 May 1896, 'Labrador Dogs', by John S Kerss were among the first to import Newfoundland dogs for use as

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s. These dogs are considered to be the progenitors of modern Labradors.

Statue

A statue of Scott, by

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, stands in the centre of Dunchurch, Warwickshire. At Christmas, it has been an annual tradition for a group of pranksters to secretly dress up the statue in the garb of a cartoon or TV character overnight. They have done this every Christmas for more than 30 years, More recently the statue was dressed up as an Olympian for the final leg of the Olympic torch relay sporting a headband and runners jersey. The statue was dressed up as Queen

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during her diamond jubilee weekend celebrations.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Lord John 1809 births 1860 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Younger sons of dukes British landlords Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) UK MPs 1835–1837