Sir Edward Dolman Scott, 2nd Baronet (22 October 1793 – 27 December 1852) was an English landowner and a Whig politician. He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Scott of Great Barr and inherited the estate at

Great Barr Hall Great Barr Hall is an 18th-century mansion situated at Pheasey, Walsall, on the border with Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It has associations with the Lunar Society and is a Grade II listed building. It is, however, in a very p ...

on the death of his father in 1828. He was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west of B ...

1831–1837. He was

High Sheriff of Staffordshire This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire. The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities ass ...

in 1847. He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire and Sussex. He married twice, firstly in 1815 to Catherine Juliana Bateman by whom he had three sons, and secondly in 1848 to Lydia Gisborne. He was succeeded by his son Francis Edward, who had, at birth in 1824, succeeded to the Baronetcy of Bateman of Hartington (see

Bateman baronets There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Bateman family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Batemans had their origins in Norfolk but settled at Hartington, Derbyshire in the 1 ...

References

* ''The Baronetage of England'' John Debrett (1839) p 327

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Edward, 2nd Baronet 1793 births 1852 deaths 19th-century English landowners Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex High Sheriffs of Staffordshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 Whig (British political party) MPs English landowners Great Barr 19th-century British businesspeople Scott baronets