The Ven. Melville Horne Scott (1827–1898) was Archdeacon of Stafford from 1888 until his death.[1]

Scott came from an eminent family: his grandfather was the influential preacher and author Thomas Scott;[2] and his brother George Gilbert Scott an English Gothic revival architect[3] Two of his nephews George Gilbert Scott, Jr. and John Oldrid Scott, and his grandson Giles Gilbert Scott, were also prominent architects.[4] Another nephew was the botanist Dukinfield Henry Scott.[5] His own father was Reverend The Rev. Thomas Scott, Rector of Wappenham,[6] he

Scott was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[7] and ordained in 1851.[8] He held incumbencies at Ockbrook (1852 to 1872), Litchurch (1872 to 1878; and Lichfield (1878 to 1894).[9] He was appointed a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral in 1878[10] and a Canon Residentiary in 1894.[11]

He died on 3 June 1898.

Notes

  1. ^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries . Manchester Times (Manchester, England), Friday, 10 June 1898; Issue 2130
  2. ^ Rumford, Gordon Bruce (1992). Thomas Scott's 'The Force of Truth': A diplomatic edition from the first and final editions with introduction and notes (M.A. thesis) Wilfrid Laurier University
  3. ^ Cole, David (1980). The Work of Gilbert Scott. London: Architectural Press. ISBN 0-85139-723-9.
  4. ^ Allinson, Kenneth (24 September 2008). Architects and Architecture of London. Routledge. p. 164. ISBN 9781136429644.
  5. ^ Arber, Agnes; Goldbloom, Alexander. "Scott, Dukinfield Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35984. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Arthur Pollard, ‘Scott, Thomas (1747–1821)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 May 2016
  7. ^ John Venn (7 May 2016). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Part II Vol V. Cambridge University Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-108-03611-5. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  8. ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  9. ^ ‘SCOTT, Ven. Melville Horne’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 May 2016
  10. ^ 'Local News' "The Derby Mercury" (Derby, England), Wednesday, 10 April 1878; Issue 8520
  11. ^ PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS . The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Saturday, 27 October 1894; Issue 14497.



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