John Scott, first earl of Clonmell

(1739-1798)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Scott, John, Earl of Clonmell, 1739-1798 NRA: Scott John (1739-1798) 1st Earl of Clonmell DNB: Scott, John, first earl of Clonmell (1739-1798), judge and politician LBT ID: LdClonw1 VIAF ID: 13969338 LOC ID: n92088818	B/BAP: 1739-06-08 DIED: 1798-05-23
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Educated at Trinity College, Dublin and the Middle Temple, he was chief justice of the King's Bench in Ireland (1784), created Viscount Clonmell (1789) and earl (1793).
REFERENCES TO John Scott, first earl of Clonmell: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 54