ELDON

John Scott , 2 Earl of. b. Manchester square, London 10 Dec. 1805; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox.; B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; D.C.L. 1834; LLD. Cam. 1842; M.P. for Truro 1829–32; succeeded 13 Jany. 1838; pres. of the Pitt club 1842; declared by inquisition to be of unsound mind Jany. 1853. d. Shirley park, Surrey 18 Sep. 1854. bur. family vault at Kingston, Isle of Purbeck 29 Sep. Doyle’s Official baronage i , 671 (1886), portrait ; I.L.N. iv , 65 (1844), portrait .