Lyall Scott (18353 April 1887) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born at Balwyllo,

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to farmers Robert Scott and Susana Lyall. He migrated to

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around 1852 and worked as a timber merchant and clerk. On 17 December 1858 he married Mary Louisa Pashley; although this union resulted in no children, a second marriage on 10 March 1866 to Martha Matilda Pashley resulted in three. In 1885 he was elected to the

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for

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, but he resigned a year later due to ill health and died in

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in 1887 (aged 52).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Lyall 1835 births 1887 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians