David Scott (of Scotstarvit)

For other people named David Scott, see David Scott (disambiguation).

David Scott (1689 – 1 December 1766), of Scotstarvit, was a Scottish Member of Parliament. He was the son of David Scott of Scotstarvit (died 1718).

Biography

Scott was returned to Fife in 1741,^[1] and held that seat for a decade. In 1751, he was returned to Aberdeen, for which he sat until his death. By his wife Lucy, daughter of Sir Robert Gordon, he had several children, including:

• David Scott of Scotstarvit, eldest son and heir, died without issue;
• Maj-Gen. John Scott (British Army officer) (d. 1776);
• Marjory, who married David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont.^[2]

Notes

1. John Wilson (of Thornly.) (1833). The Political State of Scotland. Part I. Containing Representation in Parliament, from 1707 to 1832. Part II. Members Returned to the Reformed Parliament, Etc. Longmans&Company. p. 12.
2. Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval (1 April 2013). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Grants of Honour, Extracted, by Permission, from the Stuart Papers Now in Possession of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, and Supplemented by Biographical and Genealogical Notes. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 68–9. ISBN 978-0-8063-1716-8.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Anstruther, Bt	Member of Parliament for Fife 1741–1751	Succeeded by James Oswald
Preceded by Charles Maitland	Member of Parliament for Aberdeen Burghs 1751–1766	Succeeded by Sir John Lindsay