William Scott
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William Scott may refer to:
- William Scott (died 1434), MP for Kent (UK Parliament constituency)Kent (UK Parliament constituency)Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...
- William Scott, 1st Baron StowellWilliam Scott, 1st Baron StowellWilliam Scott, 1st Baron Stowell was an English judge and jurist.-Background and education:Scott was born at Heworth, a village about four miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a coalfitter . His younger brother John Scott became Lord Chancellor and was made Earl of Eldon...
(1745–1836), English judge and jurist - William Scott (actor)William Scott (actor)William Scott was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1934.He was born in Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Jackie...
(1893–1967), American silent film actor - William Scott (artist)William Scott (artist)William Scott was a British artist known for still life and abstract painting. He is the most internationally celebrated of 20th century Ulster painters.-Early life and education:...
(1913–1989), British artist - William Scott (astronomer and clergyman)William Scott (astronomer and clergyman)William Scott , was a Church of England clergyman and became the colonial astronomer for New South Wales.-Background:...
(1825–1917), Church of England clergyman; colonial astronomer for New South Wales - William Scott (jockey)William Scott (jockey)William Scott was a British jockey. Known as "Bill", he was a brother of the renowned trainer John Scott who frequently conditioned horses that he rode....
(1797–1848), British jockey - William Scott (justice)William Scott (justice)Sir William Scott was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from January 8, 1341 to November 26, 1346. Originally from Yorkshire - probably Birthwaite in Kexbrough - Scott as Chief Justice presided over trials resulting from Edward III's purge of the administration the previous...
(died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench - William Scott (Texas settler) (1784–1837), American settler of Texas
- William Scott of Scott's HallWilliam Scott of Scott's HallSir William Scott of Scott's Hall, Brabourne, Kent was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.Scott rose to favour following the seizure of the throne by Henry VII. Within a few years he had been appointed to the Privy Council, appointed Comptroller of the Household and in 1489 was created a Companion of...
(1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports - William Scott (clergyman)William Scott (clergyman)William Scott was an English clergyman, a leading High Church figure of his time.-Life:Born in London on 2 May 1813, he was the second son of Thomas Scott, merchant, of Clement's Lane and Newington, Surrey. In October 1827 he was entered at Merchant Taylors' School, and on 14 June 1831 he...
(1813–1872), English clergyman - William Scott (MP)William Scott (MP)Sir William Scott was a British politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire in 1859, resigning in 1870 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.-References:...
(1803–1871), British politician - William Scott (cricketer)William Scott (cricketer)William Ernest Newnham Scott was an English cricketer. Scott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break....
(1903–1989), English cricketer - William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel)William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel)William Scott was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was the "Sleeping Sentinel" who was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln and memorialized by a poem and then a 1914 silent film.-Biography:...
(c. 1839–1862), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War - William Scott (Irish lawyer)William Scott (Irish lawyer)William Scott was an Irish lawyer.Son of Rev. Gideon Scott and Jane McNeill, who shared the same mother as her half-brother, James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for the city of Londonderry in 1739, and appointed Prime Serjeant at the Irish Bar on 6 October...
(1705–1776), Irish lawyer - Sir William Scott, 6th BaronetSir William Scott, 6th BaronetSir William Scott, 6th baronet was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1870....
(1803–1871), Scottish Liberal politician - Maurus ScottMaurus ScottBlessed Maurus Scott , born William Scott, was an English lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was executed at Tyburn, and is a Catholic martyr....
(died 1612), English Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr, birth name "William Scott" - Will ScottWill ScottWilliam Scott was an English footballer and football manager who managed in England in the 1940s and 1950s....
(born 1893), English footballer and football manager - William Alexander ScottWilliam Alexander ScottWilliam Alexander "Alex" Scott JP, MP is a politician in Bermuda who is the MP for the Warwick South East constituency. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party ....
(born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda - William Alphonsus ScottWilliam Alphonsus ScottWilliam Alphonsus Scott was a well-known Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, and architect active throughout late--nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Ireland. His offices were first located in Drogheda, later located at 45 Mountjoy Square,...
(1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, and architect William B. Scott (magazine editor), American magazine editor - William Bell ScottWilliam Bell ScottWilliam Bell Scott was a Scottish poet and artist.-Life:The son of Robert Scott , the engraver, and brother of David Scott, the painter, he was born in Edinburgh. While a young man he studied art and assisted his father, and he published verses in the Scottish magazines...
(1811–1890), British poet and artist - William Berryman ScottWilliam Berryman ScottWilliam Berryman Scott was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University....
(1858–1947), American paleontologist - William C. ScottWilliam C. ScottWilliam C. Scott, PC was a Canadian politician.A Progressive Conservative, Scott, a merchant by profession, was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1965 federal election representing the Ontario riding of Victoria...
(1921–1998), Canadian politician - William Edouard ScottWilliam Edouard ScottWilliam Edouard Scott was an African American artist. Even before Alain Locke asked African Americans to create and portray the New Negro that would thrust them into the future, artists like William Edouard Scott were depicting blacks in new ways to break away from the subjugating images of the past...
(1884–1964), African-American artist - William Eugene Scott (1929–2005), American pastor and television evangelist
- William Henry Scott (historian)William Henry Scott (historian)William Henry Scott was a historian of the Gran Cordillera Central and Prehispanic Philippines. He personally rejected the description anthropologist as applying to himself.-Early life:...
(1921–1993), anthropologist and historian - William Henry Scott (politician)William Henry Scott (politician)William Henry Scott was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Scotland in 1797 and came to Lower Canada with his family around 1800, growing up in Montreal...
(1799–1851), Canadian politician - William Henry Scott (university president) (1840–1937), American academic administrator
- William Hepburn ScottWilliam Hepburn ScottWilliam Hepburn Scott was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented the region of Peterborough West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1874 to 1881....
(1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario - William James ScottWilliam James ScottWilliam James Scott was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Canada West. He represented South Waterloo in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1858 to 1861 as an independent Conservative....
(1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West - William John ScottWilliam John ScottWilliam John Scott was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Rodney electorate from 1954 and held it to 1969, when he retired.He was a cabinet minister 1963-69 in the Second National Government.-References:...
(1915–2001), New Zealand politician - William J. Scott, Republican Attorney General from Illinois 1969–80, see Political party strength in IllinoisPolitical party strength in IllinoisThe following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Illinois:*Governor*Lieutenant Governor*Secretary of State*Attorney General*Comptroller/ Auditor *Treasurer...
- W. Kerr ScottW. Kerr ScottWilliam Kerr Scott was a Democratic Party politician from North Carolina. He was the 62nd Governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953 and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.-Biography:...
(1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator - William L. ScottWilliam L. ScottWilliam Lloyd Scott was a Republican politician from Virginia.Scott was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received a law degree from George Washington University, and was employed by the federal government 1934–1961, principally as trial attorney with Department of Justice...
(1915–1997), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia - William Lawrence ScottWilliam Lawrence ScottWilliam Lawrence Scott was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His body is buried at Erie Cemetery.-Family:...
(1828–1891), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania - William Lee ScottWilliam Lee ScottWilliam Lee Scott is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of dim-witted high school student Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show...
(born 1973), American actor - William Martin ScottWilliam Martin ScottWilliam Martin Scott was an English international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Northern...
(1870–1944), English international rugby union half back - William Matthew ScottWilliam Matthew ScottWilliam Matthew Scott , pen name Will Scott, was a British author of stories and books for adults and children, published from 1920 to 1965. Towards the end of his life he was best known for The Cherrys series, written for children and published between 1952 and 1965...
, pen name Will Scott (1893−1964), English author - William Patrick ScottWilliam Patrick ScottWilliam "Bill" Patrick Scott was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions.He also played for West of Scotland F.C. and Barbarian F.C.He was on the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa....
(1880–1948), Scottish international rugby union player - William Richard ScottWilliam Richard ScottWilliam Richard Scott is an American sociologist. Scott has been a professor at Stanford University, specialised in institutional theory and organisation science...
(born 1932), American sociologist - William S. ScottWilliam S. ScottThe Rev’d Prebendary William S. Scott, is an Anglican priest who currently serves within the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom as Domestic Chaplain to the Queen at Buckingham Palace, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, Sub-Almoner, and Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal...
, British Anglican priest and Chaplain to the Queen of the United Kingdom - William Winfield ScottWilliam Winfield ScottWilliam Winfield Scott was a lawyer and the official historian of Passaic, New Jersey.-Biography:He was born in February 1855 in Pennsylvania. He died on October 1, 1935 in New Jersey.-References:...
(1855-1935), American writer
See also
- Willie Scott (disambiguation)
- Bill Scott (disambiguation)
- William ScotWilliam ScotWilliam Scot was a medieval Bishop of Durham elect.Scot was Archdeacon of Worcester in December of 1218. He was elected to the see of Durham before 20 October 1226 but the election was quashed by Pope Gregory IX on 19 May 1227...
, medieval bishop elect