Sir John Scott Lillie | |
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.jpg) Sir John Scott Lillie by Camille Silvy c.1862 | |
| Born | 1790 Ireland |
| Died | 1868 (aged 78) Kensington, London, England |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire Kingdom of Portugal |
| Service/ | Army |
| Years of service | 1807–1818 (1855) |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel (UK) Major-General (Portugal) |
| Unit | 6th Warwickshire Regiment, Grenadier Guards, |
| Commands | 7th Cacadores |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Army Gold Cross, Decoration of The Lily (France), Military General Service Medal, Knight Bachelor, Companion of the Bath |
| Relations | General Scott, Duchess of Portland and Viscountess Canning |
| Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex Justice of the peace Chairman of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, shareholder in the Hammersmith Bridge Co., Kensington Canal Co., political writer, parliamentary candidate, Patent holder. |
Sir John Scott Lillie CB (1790 – 29 June 1868) was an Anglo-British decorated officer of the British Army and Portuguese Army who fought in the Peninsular War (1808–1814). He was a landowner, entrepreneur and inventor. He was Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex and Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, a freemason, a radical politician and supporter of the great Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell. He was an early antivivisectionist and writer.