Melville Scott Explained

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

Biography

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 and References

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. Book: Cole, David . The Work of Gilbert Scott . 1980 . Architectural Press . London . 0-85139-723-9.
4. Book: Allinson, Kenneth . [{{Google books |a0AX0-yvYVMC|page=164&|plainurl=true}} Architects and Architecture of London ]. 164 . 24 September 2008. Routledge. 9781136429644.
5. Agnes . Arber . Agnes Arber . Alexander . Goldbloom . 35984. Scott, Dukinfield Henry.
6. Arthur Pollard, ‘Scott, Thomas (1747–1821)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 May 2016
7. Book: John Venn. 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. 7 May 2016. 7 May 2016. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-108-03611-5. 446.
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.