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About John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell
John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmel PC (Ire) KC SL (8 June 1739 – 23 May 1798), known as The Lord Earlsfort between 1784 and 1789 and as The Viscount Clonmell between 1789 and 1793, was an Irish barrister and judge. Sometimes known as "Copperfaced Jack", he was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland from 1784 to 1798.
Scott lived at Clonmel House, 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin. He also kept a country residence, Temple Hill House, in County Dublin. Clonmell Street in Dublin is named in his honour, as is Earlsfort Terrace, also in Dublin. He had also gained a reputation of being an experienced duellist.
Many contemporaries viewed him harshly: one verdict was that "it is hard to believe that the office of Lord Chief Justice could be attained by a man most superficially read in the law... (his character) wholly at variance with truth and justice".[2] Elrington Ball described him as "an extraordinarily able man and an equally ambitious one. As he has revealed to us in his diary he had from the first no misgiving as to the object of his life being personal success, and although he wore out his mind and body in reaching his goal he made it against desperate odds."[3] M. J. Craig said of Scott's diary – 'Parts of the diary are extremely funny, but too long to quote here; and other reasons forbid.' Its publication did considerable damage to his reputation: the public were shocked by the savage attacks on most of his judicial colleagues, including some, like Chief Justice Carleton, who had previously regarded him as a friend.
Scott was a prominent figure in Jonah Barrington's Memoirs, and the butt of many of John Philpot Currans jokes. He was also the subject of a play by John (Purcell) O'Donovan, 'Copperfaced Jack' (1963). "Copper Face Jacks" is a popular Dublin night club on Harcourt Street (part of the Jackson Court Hotel).
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Scott was the third son of Thomas Scott (died 1763) of Scottsborough (made up of the townlands of Mohubber, Modeshill and Urlings), Co. Tipperary, by his wife, Rachel (died 1784), daughter of Mark Prim (died 1745) of Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny. His parents were cousins, being two of the grandchildren of Nicholas Purcell, 13th Baron of Loughmoe. His elder brother was the uncle of Bernard Phelan, who established Château Phélan Ségur, and Dean John Scott, who first planted the gardens open to the public at Ballyin, Co. Waterford and was married to a niece of Clonmell's political ally, Henry Grattan.
In 1768, he married the widowed Mrs Catherine Anna Maria Roe (died 1771), daughter of Thomas Mathew, of Thomastown Castle, co. Tipperary, and sister of the 1st Earl Landaff. In 1779, he married Margaret Lawless (1763–1829), daughter and eventual heiress of Patrick Lawless, of Dublin, a banker. He left a son and heir and a daughter by his second marriage.[1]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott,_1st_Earl_of_Clonmell
- 1. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51 Scott, John (1739-1798) by Robert Dunlop
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 4 2017, 4:14:46 UTC
- http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/clonmell1793.htm
- John [Scott], 1st Baron Earlsfort later 1st Viscount Clonmell later 1st Earl of Clonmell, PC son of Thomas Scott, of Mohubber, co. Tipperary, by his wife Rachel Prim, dau. of Mark Prim, of Johnswell, co. Kilkenny
- John [Scott], 1st Baron Earlsfort later 1st Viscount Clonmell later 1st Earl of Clonmell, PC son of Thomas Scott, of Mohubber, co. Tipperary, by his wife Rachel Prim, dau. of Mark Prim, of Johnswell, co. Kilkenny
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 4 2017, 8:12:27 UTC
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 10 2017, 5:50:29 UTC
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John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell's Timeline
| 1739 |
June 8, 1739
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Scottsborough, Co. Tipperary Ireland
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| 1783 |
August 15, 1783
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Bishop's Court, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
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| 1787 |
May 11, 1787
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Cork, County Cork, Ireland
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| 1798 |
May 23, 1798
Age 58
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Harcourt Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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