William Scott was an Irish lawyer.

Son of Rev. Gideon Scott and Jane McNeill, who shared the same mother as her half-brother, James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute

James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute

Sir James Stuart, 3rd Baronet, of Bute, created 1st Earl of Bute, MP, PC , was the son of Sir Dugald Stuart, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Ruthven, daughter of Sir John Ruthven....

. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

 for the city of Londonderry

Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Londonderry City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...

 in 1739, and appointed Prime Serjeant

Serjeant-at-law (Ireland)

This is a list of lawyers who held the rank of serjeant-at-law at the Irish Bar.Unlike in England, for many years there was only one Serjeant-at-Law in Ireland, who was known as the King’s Serjeant or simply Serjeant. In 1627 another was appointed, and they were known as the Prime Serjeant and...

 at the Irish Bar on 6 October 1757. In 1759 he was made a Puisne Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and on 1 August 1768 transferred to the Court of Exchequer as a Puisne Baron. He held this office until his death. On 13 December 1771 Scott and his fellow Barons of the Exchequer Foster

Anthony Foster

Anthony Foster , of Collon, Co Louth, was an Irish politician.He was the son of John Foster of Dunleer and Elizabeth Fortesque. He was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland and represented Dunleer in the Irish House of Commons from 1738 to 1761 and subsequently Louth from 1761 to 1767.He...

 and Smyth

George Smyth (lawyer)

George Smyth was an Irish lawyer.He represented Blessington in the Irish House of Commons from 1759 until he was raised to the bench as a Puisne Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer on 25 November 1768...

, along with the Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...

 Lifford

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1767 to 1789.-Background:...

 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Hamilton

William Gerard Hamilton

William Gerard Hamilton , English statesman and Irish politician, popularly known as "Single Speech Hamilton," was born in London, the son of a Scottish bencher of Lincoln's Inn....

, were appointed Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland by Letters Patent.. He married Hannah Gledstanes.