Sir John Scott Lillie

Sir John Scott Lillie
Sir John Scott Lillie by Camille Silvy c.1862
Born	1790 (1790) Ireland
Died	1868 (1869) (aged 78) Kensington, London, England
Buried at	Brompton Cemetery
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain  British Empire  Kingdom of Portugal
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1807–1818 (1855)
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel (UK) Major-General (Portugal)
Unit	6th Warwickshire Regiment, Grenadier Guards,
Commands held	7th Cacadores
Battles/wars	Peninsular War, Battle of Bussaco, Torres Vedras Lines, Battle of the Pyrenees, Battle of Nivelle, Battle of Orthez, Battle of Toulouse (1814)
Awards	Army Gold Cross, Decoration of The Lily (France), Military General Service Medal, Knight Bachelor, Companion of the Bath
Relations	General Scott, Duchess of Portland and Vicountess Canning
Other work	Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex Justice of the peace Chairman of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, shareholder in the Hammersmith Bridge Co., Kensington Canal Co., political writer, parliamentary candidate, Patent holder.

Sir John Scott Lillie CB (1790 – 29 June 1868) was a decorated officer of the British Army and Portuguese Army who fought in the Peninsular War (1808-1814). He was a landowner, entrepreneur and inventor. He was Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex and Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, a freemason, a radical politician and supporter of the great Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell. He was an early antivivisectionist and writer.

John Lillie was the eldest son of Philip Lillie Esq., of Drumdoe Castle, Co. Roscommon and his wife Alicia, née Stafford. One source gives his birth date as 1789. He was heir to properties in Roscommon, Dublin and Bath. The family were said to be related to the Duke of Portland through his mother, Henrietta daughter of General John Scott of Fife, but the connection has yet to be established. Lillie's sister, Alicia, married as his second wife, Hugh Mill Bunbury of Guyana; their daughter became a noted Carmelite nun, while their youngest son, Charles Thomas fought in the Crimean War and was promoted Colonel. Having completed his education, Lillie sought his fortune in the British army. On his return to civilian life, having been thrice wounded in the Peninsula Campaign, in May 1819 Lillie married Louisa Sutherland (b. 1791), daughter of Capt. Andrew Sutherland RN, Commissioner of Gibraltar and his wife, Louisa Colebrooke. The Lillies had a daughter and three sons, the youngest of whom, George Arthur Howard, became a Buddhist while out in India as an officer.