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David Scott: unexecuted design for a pavilion, 1786-94 (1)
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David Scott: unexecuted design for a pavilion, 1786-94 (1)
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- 1786-94
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David Scott is unknown, but Bolton has suggested that he may have been David Scott (1746-1805), the tenth of thirteen children of Robert Scott (1705-80) of Dunninald House, Forfarshire. He was a successful merchant working out of Bombay, but returned to Britain in 1786, became a director of the East India Company (1788-1802), and served as MP for Forfarshire in 1790-96 and Perth Burghs in 1796-1805.
It must have been some time after his return from India in 1786 that Scott commissioned the Adam brothers to make this design for a Greek cross-shaped pavilion. The scheme is not thought to have been executed.
Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, pp. 57, 87; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume II, p. 227; ‘Scott, David (1746-1805), of Dunninald, Forfar.’ History of parliament online; ‘Scott, David (1746-1805)’, Oxford dictionary of national biography online
Frances Sands, 2015
It must have been some time after his return from India in 1786 that Scott commissioned the Adam brothers to make this design for a Greek cross-shaped pavilion. The scheme is not thought to have been executed.
Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, pp. 57, 87; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume II, p. 227; ‘Scott, David (1746-1805), of Dunninald, Forfar.’ History of parliament online; ‘Scott, David (1746-1805)’, Oxford dictionary of national biography online
Frances Sands, 2015
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