Robert Scott (1705 – 27 December 1780) of Dunninald in Forfarshire was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly from 1733 to 1734.
Scott was the second son of Patrick Scott of Rossie, Dunninald and Usan and his wife Margaret Hope, daughter of Sir Archibald Hope of Rankeillour, Fife, Lord of session (Lord Rankeillour). He was trained as an advocate in 1726.[1]
Scott married Anne Middleton, daughter of John Middleton of Seaton, Aberdeen in 1740. He died on 27 December 1780, leaving two sons and a daughter.[1]
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^ abcSedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "SCOTT, Robert (1705-80), of Dunninald, Forfar". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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