John Scott (British Army officer)

John Scott of Balcomie (bapt. 1725, died 7 Dec 1775) was a Scottish politician and general. He became the MP for Caithness, Scotland in 1754. In 1772 he purchased Denmylne Castle in Fife.

Family
On 5 November 1770, he married Lady Mary Hay, daughter of the Earl of Errol, then 16 years old; they divorced in 1771. It is mentioned in one source that she eloped with another man.

He married secondly, on 5 June 1773 Margaret, daughter of Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger. They had three daughters:


 * Joan, born 15 March 1776 (three months after her father's death), who married George Canning;
 * Henrietta, born 1774, who married William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland;
 * Lucy, born 28 March 1775, who married Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray.