About James Reid Scott
Lived 1839 – 1877 (aged 38). James Reid Scott was a politician.
James Reid Scott (1 April 1839 – 25 August 1877) was an explorer and colonial Tasmanian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later the Tasmanian Legislative Council, he was also Colonial Secretary of Tasmania.
Scott was the elder son of Thomas Scott, a former Assistant Surveyor-General of Tasmania, and his wife Ann, née Reid. Scott was born in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland or Gattonside, Melrose. Accounts of some of his explorations appear in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tasmania for the years 1872 and 1875.
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James Reid Scott died on 25 August 1877.
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