Robert Wellbeloved Scott, born Robert Wellbeloved (15 July 1803 – 21 February 1856) was the

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

, England from 1841 to 1847. He was born to the Revd

Charles Wellbeloved Charles Wellbeloved (6 April 1769 – 29 August 1858) was an English Unitarian divine and archaeologist. Biography Charles Wellbeloved, only child of John Wellbeloved (1742–1787), by his wife Elizabeth Plaw, was born in Denmark Street, St ...

and Ann ''née'' Kinder (d. 31 January 1823) and trained as a barrister. On 17 February 1830 he married Sarah Scott, the only daughter and heiress of John Scott of

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The ...

and the Red House,

Great Barr Great Barr is now a large and loosely defined area to the north-west of Birmingham, England. The area was historically in Staffordshire, and the parts now in Birmingham were once known as Perry Barr, which is still the name of an adjacent Bir ...

, Staffordshire and on her father's death in 1832 assumed the additional surname of Scott. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Worcestershire. He rebuilt The Red House at

, England in 1841 and had residences at Cambridge Gate,

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, London; and High Street,

. In 1845 he purchased the manor and estates of

Ratlinghope Ratlinghope ( ) is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 138. It is situated four miles (6 km) west of Church Stretton and twelve miles (19 km) south of Shrewsbu ...

, between the

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and the Stiperstones in

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. His sister Emma (d. 29 July 1842) married Sir James Carter in 1831. He died in 1856 aged 52. He and his wife had one son, John Charles Addyes Scott and three daughters.

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1803 births 1856 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 Deputy Lieutenants of Worcestershire {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub