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William Scott

English gentry in Kent, Member of Parliament

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William Scott

English gentry in Kent, Member of Parliament

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“In the first place, it is not improper to observe, that the law of cases of necessity is not likely to be well furnished with precise rules; necessity creates the law, it supersedes rules; and whatever is reasonable and just in such cases, is likewise legal; it is not to be considered as matter of surprise, therefore, if much instituted rule is not to be found on such subjects.”
— The Gratitudine (18 December 1801); as published in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty, Commencing with the Judgments of the Right Hon. Sir William Scott, Michaelmas Term, 1798, Vol. III (1802), p. 266.
“Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.”
— As quoted in History of the Anti-Corn Law League (1853), by Archibald Prentice, p. 54; around 1876 this began to began to be cited to W. Scott, and then around 1880 sometimes to Walter Scott, but without citations of source, including a variant: "Selfish ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude" in a publication of 1907.
“The elegant simplicity of the three per cents.”
— As quoted in Lives of the Lord Chancellors (1845) by John Campbell, Vol. x. Chap. 212; this precedes the use by Benjamin Disraeli of "The sweet simplicity of the three per cents", in Endymion (1880).

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William Scott (fl.1430), was an English Member of Parliament. Scott was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Kent in 1430. References Year of birth missing

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William Scott (fl.1430), was an English Member of Parliament (MP).

Occupation: politician
Position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Died: 1434