Background
He was son of Richard Scrope, Doctor of Divinity, and succeeded to the property of the Scropes of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, on the death of his father in 1787.
He was son of Richard Scrope, Doctor of Divinity, and succeeded to the property of the Scropes of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, on the death of his father in 1787.
In 1795 the Scrope estates of Cockerington, Lincolnshire, also passed to him. He was a classical scholar, a sportsman devoted to deer-stalking and salmon-fishing, and landscape artist. Scrope rented a place near Melrose, where he lived on good terms of with Sir Walter Scott.
He died at his house in Belgrave Square, London, on 20 July 1852.
Scrope was a direct descendant of Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton, and was the last male representative of his family.
He was a member of the Accademia di San Luca of Rome, and a fellow of the Linnean Society.