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Scott, Claude

Other Business Names:

  • Scott, Sir Claude
  • Scott, Samuel
  • Scott, Sir Claude, Bart, Williams & Co

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Lytchett Minster, Dorset, Dorset, South West, England

Sectors:

  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Government contracting re naval & military supplies
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Grain trading & trade

Notes:

(Sir) Claude Scott was a late 18th and early 19th century merchant who made a fortune in the corn trade including as a government contractor. MP 1802, baronet 1821. Developed estates in Kent and Dorset. 1824, with his son, Samuel, established the London private bank of Sir Claude Scott Bart, Williams & Co

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