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Darwin Correspondence Project

William Henry Scott

1849–1917

Solicitor. Son of William Robson Scott, principal of the West of England Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Practised in London, 1871–82, Bradford, Yorkshire, 1883–1905, and Ilkley, Yorkshire, 1890–1905. Retired to Bromley, Kent, by 1911.

Sources

BMD (Birth index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1911 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG14/3633/72)

Correspondence vol. 23, letter from W. H. Scott, 13 November 1875

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 18 February 2015)

Law list

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Law list: Clarkes’ new law list; being a list of the judges and officers of the different courts of justice … and a variety of other useful matter. London: W. Clarke. 1816–40. The law list; comprising the judges and officers of the different courts of justice: counsel, special pleaders, draftsmen, conveyancers, attorneys, notaries, &c., in England and Wales … and a variety of other useful matter. London: V. & R. Stevens & G. S. Norton [and others]. 1841–1969.

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