George Lewis Scott

George Lewis Scott (1708–1780) was an English royal tutor, encyclopedist, and dilettante.

Born at Hanover in May 1708, he was the eldest son of George Scott of Bristo in Scotland, and Marion Stewart, daughter of Sir James Stewart of Coltness, Lord Advocate of Scotland. George Scott held diplomatic posts at various German courts, and was envoy-extraordinary to Augustus II the Strong, king of Poland, in 1712. He was a close friend of the Elector of Hanover (who became George I of England), whose names were given to the boy George Lewis at baptism, and the Princess Sophia was his godmother. At the end of 1726, after his father's death, his mother moved to Leyden for the education of her children.

George Lewis was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, became Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 3 June 1736, and Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 May 1737; and was a member in 1736 of the Society for the Encouragement of Learning with his associate and friend Andrew Millar.

At this period James Thomson was one of his friends. In November 1750 Scott was made sub-preceptor to Prince George and his younger brothers, on the recommendation of Viscount Bolingbroke through Earl Bathurst. Scott was considered a Jacobite, and his appointment caused a stir. By July 1752 the tutors were divided into factions, and the quarrel lasted all year. In February 1758 Scott was made a commissioner of excise, and he held that post until his death.

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