John Scott | |
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| Died | 1616  |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Stafford, Catherine Smythe Scott |
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| Position held | Member of the 1604-11 Parliament, Member of the 1614 Parliament |
Sir John Scott (b c 1564 d. 24 September 1616) was an English soldier and politician, and Member of Parliament (MP).
He was the second son of Sir Thomas Scott, born around the year 1564. His family homes were Scot's Hall and Nettlestead Place in Kent [1]
He served as captain of a band of lancers in the English army in the Netherlands, and in 1588 was knighted for his services. In 1597 he commanded a ship in the expedition to the Azores.
In 1601, Scott was implicated in Essex's Rebellion but succeeded in clearing himself, and in the same year was a parliamentary candidate for Kent in 1601. He was unsuccessful on this first attempt, but was elected its MP in the Parliament of 1604 and for Maidstone in the Addled Parliament of 1614.
In November 1603 Anne of Denmark appointed him as one of the advisors for the administration of her English jointure lands. [2] Scott was an early investor in the Colony of Virginia. He became a member of the Council for Virginia in 1607, the year when that colony was re-established, subscribing £75, and was a councillor of the Virginia Company of London in 1609.
He died in 1616 and was buried at Brabourne in Kent.
Scott married twice, but had no issue: [3]
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