Leslie Scott (British politician)
Sir Leslie Frederic Scott (28 October 1869 – 19 May 1950) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a senior judge.
Born in 1869, the son of
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange at the December 1910 general election, and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1929 general election.[3]
Scott was Solicitor General for six months in 1922, until fall of the Lloyd George-led coalition government, and was knighted the same year.[4] He had hoped to be appointed Attorney General, but never reached that office.
He was sworn of the
He retired in 1948, and died in Oxford in 1950.
References
- ^ "No. 28255". The London Gazette. 28 May 1909. p. 4060.
- ^ "The Law Officers". The Times. 7 March 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 5 September 2012.(subscription required)
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "No. 13801". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 April 1922. p. 595.
- ^ "No. 33235". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1926. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 14301". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 January 1927. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 33246". The London Gazette. 8 February 1927. p. 833.
- ^ "No. 14312". The Edinburgh Gazette. 11 February 1927. p. 173.
- ^ Sir Leslie Scott Papers, Archiveshub.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2015
External links
Works by or about Leslie Scott at Wikisource
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Leslie Scott
- Portraits of Leslie Scott at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Catalogue of Scott's papers, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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