James Scott was a Scottish

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 politician. He was a Commissioner

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 to the Parliament of Scotland

Parliament of Scotland

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 prior to the Union, and one of Scotland's first representatives sent to the new Parliament of Great Britain

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Scott was elected to Parliament

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 on 30 October 1710 in the 1710 general election

British general election, 1710

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 for the constituency of Aberdeen Burghs. He stood down from Parliament the following year, causing a by-election on 8 February 1711. He died in 1732, aged 61.