| Robert Wellbeloved (15 July 1803 - 21 Feb. 1856), son of
the Reverend Charles Wellbeloved of York and a barrister-at-law in
Stourbridge. In 1830 he married Sarah Scott (10 June 1800 - 21 Mar.
1874), the only daughter and heiress to the family estates of John Scott
(1764 - 3 Jan. 1832), brother of William and James, who lived at Great
Barr with his wife Sarah and daughter. This third brother became a
Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of
Worcestershire and on the death of his uncle William Scott he inherited
considerable property in Stourbridge and Great Barr. Wellbeloved assumed by Royal Licence the surname Scott on his marriage to Sarah, and when his father-in-law died two years later he became a very wealthy man. He sat as Liberal M.P. for Walsall from 1841 to 1847, and became Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Staffordshire, with residences at the Red House, Great Barr; Cambridge Gate, Regents Park, London; and High Street, Stourbridge. In 1845 Robert Scott purchased the manor and estates of Ratlinghope (pronounced "Ratchup" in the local dialect), between the remote hills of the Long Mynd and the Stipperstones in Shropshire, with land at neighbouring Norbury and Wentnor. He and his wife had one son, John Charles Addyes Scott and three daughters. Robert Scott died in 1856 and his only son then became Lord of the Manor of Ratlinghope, at the age of 25. He also had a villa in Naples, Italy, where he often stayed. |
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