Scott Thomas 1746-1824 Born In Scotland Studied For The Ministry
and became a probationer; employed for a time as private tutor. Studied
law and called to the English bar, 1793. While yet a student, in 1788
employed by Dorchester to investigate the estates of the Jesuits in
Quebec. Appointed attorney-general of Upper Canada, 1801; chief-justice,
1804. President of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada
during the War of 1812; president of a special tribunal created for the
trial of cases of treason during the war. =Bib.=: Dent, Lives of the
Judges.