Background
He was born at Balwyllo to farmers Robert Scott and Susana Lyall.
He was born at Balwyllo to farmers Robert Scott and Susana Lyall.
He migrated to New South Wales around 1852 and worked as a timber merchant and clerk. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollombi, but he resigned a year later due to ill health and died in Sydney in 1887.