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'''Thomas Scott''' (baptised 18 October 1746 – July 29, 1824) was a judge and political figure in [[Upper Canada]].
He was born in the parish of Kingoldrum, [[Angus]], [[Scotland]] and studied law at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[London]]. He was called to the bar in 1793. In 1800, he was appointed attorney general in Upper Canada and arrived in York in 1801. He was appointed to the [[Executive Council of Upper Canada|Executive Council]] for the province in 1805. He was the fourth [[Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada]] from 1805 until he became Chief Justice for Upper Canada succeeding [[Henry Allcock]] and was appointed to the [[Executive Council of Upper Canada|Executive Council]] in 1806.<ref name="treasurer-list">[http://www.lsuc.on.ca/with.aspx?id=421 The Law Society of Upper Canada, List of Law Society Treasurers]</ref>
In 1811, already suffering from ill health, Scott applied for a pension so that he could retire, but was refused. During the [[War of 1812]], the administration sought to ensure the loyalty of its subjects by imposing [[martial law]] and, in 1814, by prosecuting those who had expressed sympathy for the enemy with [[treason]] in a series of trials at [[Ancaster, Ontario|Ancaster]] known as the "[[Bloody Assize (1814)|Bloody Assize]]". Fifteen men were condemned to death of which eight were executed. These actions increased Scott's workload.
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