Note 383 — MISCELLANEOUS RECOLLECTIONS A SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER BEGUN IN 1826
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[William Scott, Lord Stowell (1745-1836), son of a coal-merchant in Newcastle. Barrister; and Judge of the High Court of the Admiralty, 1798-1828. He was knighted in 1788, and was raised to the peerage in 1821. His friendship with Dr. Johnson dated back to their Oxford days.]