Researching William Scott

He painted a cycle of historical subjects mixed with scenes from modern industry for Wallington Hall in Northumberland (now National Trust), his best known works, and a purely historical cycle for Penkill Castle in Ayrshire in Scotland. He did not paint many portraits, but his striking portrait of his friend Algernon Charles Swinburne is the iconic image of the poet. His etchings were mostly designed to illustrate his books.

Scott received his college degree from Ohio University. He was the first alumni of the university to be its president.

Scott was born in Chauncey, Ohio which is in Athens County, Ohio as is Ohio University. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, his great-grandfather Andrew Scott and his grandfather John Scott having immigrated from Ireland in 1790. His father Alexander Scott was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1808. His father was a miller and moved the family to McConnellsville, Ohio when he was two. His early education was at a Methodist run school in McConnelville until he was 10 when a public school was opened in that place. He began at the high school there when he was 12 in 1852. He began a teacher at a small rural school at age 16 in 1856. In 1859 his family relocated to Athens, Ohio and he enrolled in Ohio University.

Scott earned his college degree in 1862. He was that same year made superintendent of public schools in Athens, Ohio. In this position he taught most of the courses at the high school and oversaw all the other schools and teachers in the district. He then became a Methodist minister in 1864. He was made the pastor at Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1867 he was made a pastor in Columbus, Ohio. In 1869 he was made a professor of Greek language at Ohio University. He became president of Ohio University in 1872. As president of Ohio University he managed to get the endowment reorganized and also get legislative support for the university.

In 1883 Scott left Ohio University to take the lead of Ohio State University. He was given a chair in philosophy at the same time he was made university president. He only was president of the university for two years but continued with the chair of philosophy until he retired in 1910 at age 70.

He was born in Brampton in Upper Canada in 1837 and studied at the University of Toronto. He studied law, was called to the bar in 1863 and entered practice with his brother. He married Sarah Jane, the daughter of George Wright, an MLA for Canada West, in 1863. He later moved to Peterborough. He ran unsuccessfully for Peterborough West in the House of Commons in 1874. Scott was elected to the 2nd Parliament of Ontario for Peterborough West in an 1875 by-election. He was defeated in the provincial general election held in 1875 but was declared elected on appeal. He was reelected in 1879. Scott served as a director for the Huron and Quebec Railway. He died at Orangeville in 1881.

He was born in Scotland in 1797 and came to Lower Canada with his family around 1800, growing up in Montreal. He became a merchant at Saint-Eustache and a member of the militia, but was dismissed in 1827 for participating in meetings supporting the Parti patriote. In 1829, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for York County after the death of the previously elected member; he was elected to represent Deux-Montagnes in 1830 and 1834 after York was divided. He supported the Ninety-Two Resolutions but did not support the use of force, which meant that both the government and the Patriotes viewed him as a traitor. He fled but was arrested at Montreal in 1837; he was released in July 1838.

In 1844, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Deux-Montagnes; he was reelected in 1848 and 1851. Scott supported the Rebellion Losses Bill compensating residents of Canada East for property losses during the Lower Canada Rebellion; Scott himself was compensated for damage to his home and business. He died at Saint-Eustache in 1851.

Although he had been living with his Catholic wife since 1829 and they had five children, because he was a Presbyterian, they were only married two days before his death after Scott was able to persuade bishop Ignace Bourget to allow the marriage.

Based at his brother's Whitewall Stables in Malton, North Yorkshire, Bill Scott won nineteen of the British Classic Races, including the St. Leger Stakes a record nine times of which four were in a row from 1838 through 1841.

In 1836, Scott won the first of his three Epsom Oaks aboard Cyprian, a filly owned and trained by his brother John. He also owned (and trained) Sir Tatton Sykes whom he rode to victory in the 1846 2,000 Guineas, his third win as a jockey in that Classic. He also rode Sir Tatton Sykes to his ninth victory in that year's St. Leger Stakes.

According to the Roger Longrigg book, The History of Horse Racing, Scott reportedly consumed alcohol in excessive quantities which sometimes affected his racing performance. According to several sources, Sir Tatton Sykes, who finished second in the Epsom Derby, would have won the race "if Scott had not been drunk and unable to steer his mount on a proper course."

He is not to be confused with William Harvey Scott (died 1885), trainer and cross-country jockey, notably earning second-place finishes in the 1843 and 1844 Grand National.

Bill Scott died at his home at Highfield, Malton in 1848 having ridden almost to the time of his death. He is said to have declared on his deathbed that he "had never pulled a horse in his life, never gone to bed sober and never kissed a lass against her will".

He was the son of Rev. Gideon Scott and Jane McNeill. 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 1757. In 1759 he was made a Puisne Justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland), and on 1 August 1768 he was transferred to the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) as a Puisne Baron. He held this office until his death. On 13 December 1771 Scott and fellow Barons of the Exchequer Foster and Smyth, along with the Lord Chancellor Lifford and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Hamilton, were appointed Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland by Letters Patent. He married Hannah Gledstanes.

Scott won the Amateur Athletic Association title over 10 miles in 1911 and 1912, and finished second in the national cross-country championship in 1911. He competed for England in the International Cross Country Championships in 1910–13.

Times are not now as they were when the former decisions on this subject were made. Since then not only individuals but States have been possessed with a dark and fell spirit in relation to slavery, whose gratification is sought in the pursuit of measures, whose inevitable consequences must be the overthrow and destruction of our government. Under such circumstances it does not behoove the State of Missouri to show the least countenance to any measure which might gratify this spirit. She is willing to assume her full responsibility for the existence of slavery within her limits, nor does she seek to share or divide it with others.

Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Scott moved to Missouri in 1827 and became a Circuit Attorney, living in Union. He took Mathias McGirk's spot on the state supreme court in 1841 when McGirk resigned. He was confirmed to the position in 1843. In 1849 all positions on the court were vacated by a constitutional amendment. In 1851 Scott was returned to the court after another constitutional amendment made the justices' positions elective, succeeding James Harvey Birch, who declined to run; he was re-elected in 1857. In late 1861 he was one of the justices who refused to take an oath of loyalty to the national government, and lost his position. After his death in 1862 he was buried on his farm near Jefferson City.

He entered the army in 1805 as an ensign in the Scots Fusilier Guards, now known as the Scots Guards. He accompanied the regiment when it was posted to the Peninsular and was present at the passage of the Douro, the capture of Oporto and the pursuit of General Soult's army. He was later present at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809, where he was wounded through the body. Left behind in hospital when the army retreated, he was made prisoner by the enemy.

In 1811, he was promoted to lieutenant and captain in the Scots Fusilier Guards, in 1815 to captain and lieutenant-colonel, in 1837 brevet-colonel in the army and in 1837 to major and colonel in the regiment. From 1841 to 1844 he was appointed to the command of the regiment, after which he was placed on half-pay. He was made major-general in 1846 and lieutenant-general in 1854.

In 1854 he was given the colonelcy of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, a position he held until his death, and advanced to the rank of full general on 23 March 1861.

He died at Brighton on 9 November 1868.