Robert Scott (1705–1780)

Robert Scott (1705 – 27 December 1780) of Dunninald in Forfarshire was a Scottish politician. He was elected at a by-election in March 1733 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Forfarshire, in the place of his deceased relative James Scott of Logie. He was defeated at the 1734 general election by Thomas Lyon (later Earl of Strathmore), and defeated again at the by-election in 1735 after Lyon's succession to the peerage.