Lieutenant-General (later General) Thomas Scott, Army Staff, 1817
Oil on canvas by William Nicholson (1781-1844), 1817.
Thomas Scott (1745-1842) was the second son of John Scott of Malleny in Midlothian; he was created lieutenant-general on 4 June 1813 and obtained the rank of general on 22 July 1830. He served in the American War of Independence (1775-1783), Flanders in 1793 and the 4th Mysore War (1799), including the fall of Seringapatam. On returning home he was captured by a French privateer (state sponsored pirate) but eventually made it back home to Scotland.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1966-11-4-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-11-4-1