Thomas White Scutt 1808-ca 1855

[T W S - inherited Clapham Estate from his father, Rev.T W S Clapham House and subscriber signature, also Trustee.] [Reverend T S Scutt - Exors of Bognor, ca 4000 Acres.] [Morning Chronicle, London, 1825 Feb 22. The ground at the extremity of the west cliff, and even beyond Wick & the Chalibeate, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Scutt, has recently been purchased by Mr. Kemp and Mr.Baring, as a joint speculation for sixty thousand pounds; and these wealthy individuals intend to dispose of it in lots, either as freehold or on building leases, by which they calculate upon doubling their purchase money. In the midst of all this, rents of good houses still continue undiminished, and even at this moment in demand.] [(Thomas "S" Scutt!) - gentleman. Commission in the Sussex Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex. Thomas White Scutt, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Arthur Chichester resigned, dated 29th September 1827. Ensign Thomas White Scutt to be Lieutenant dated 2nd November 1830 - Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia. Thomas White Scutt, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, dated 28th November 1835.] [Hampshire Chronicle, Monday 22 November 1830. Friday Night's Gazette. St James's Palace, Nov 17. The King has this day conferred the ..... ..... The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Ensigns Thomas White Scutt, John Price Gruggen, Charles Gruggen, and Lord Wm. Pitt Lennox, to be Lieutenants and the Hon. Edw. Turnour to be Ensign, of the Royal Sussex Regiment Militia.] [Tue 09 Feb 1836, Kentish Gazette, Kent, Feb 4, at Glynde, Sussex, by the Rev. Francis Barrow, Thomas White Scutt, esq. of Lewes, a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of the county, to Catherine Ann, eldest daughter of John Ellman, esq. of Glynde.] [Sussex Advertiser, East Sussex, Monday 23 October 1837. I Hereby Give Notice, that the General Quarter Session of the Peace held at Lewes, in and for the County of Sussex, Monday, the sixteenth day October instant ----- esquire Thomas White Scutt of Lewes, ----- W M. V. Langridge, Clerk the Peace Record Room, County Hall, Lewes, 18 October, 1837.] [Sussex Advertiser, Monday 07 March 1842. At a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of the Borough of Brighton, held at the Town Hall, on Friday, the 4th March 1842, in consequence of the STOPPAGE THE BANKING ESTABLISHMENT of MESSRS. WIGNEY, And for the purpose of an expression of PUBLIC CONFIDENCE THE EXISTING BANKS, Mr. Thos. Fuller, High Constable, in the Chair, It was moved that the Rev. Thomas Scutt, seconded by Mr. Smith Hannington, and resolved unanimously, "That under the painful circumstance of the suspension of payments the Banking Establishment of Messrs. Wigney, it is expedient that prompt steps should taken to publicly express the confidence of the inhabitants in the two remaining banks, namely, Messrs. Hall, West, and Borrer's, and the London and County Banks." Moved by T. Attree, Esq., and seconded by Mr. Isaac Bass, and carried unanimously, that this meeting hereby emphatically expresses its most unlimited confidence the stability of the above Banking Establishments of Messrs. Hall, West, and Borrer, and the London and County Bank, and their determination to support them at the present crisis. Moved by Mr. Herbert Holtham, seconded Mr. H. P. Tamplin, and carried unanimously, That the proceedings of this meeting be advertised in the provincial papers, the Times and Morning Chronicle, and be published in hand-bills for immediate distribution in the town and neighbourhood." Moved Mr. Holtham, and seconded Mr. Cordy, "That the expenses incident to this meeting paid by the High Constable, and charged in his account." Thomas Fuller, High Constable.] [Lieutenant, Thomas White Scutt, resigned dated 1st January 1839.] [Sussex Advertiser, East Sussex, Tuesday 06 October 1846. Eastbourne. Bench Report, Saturday, October 3rd. Before N. Willard, Esq. Thomas Page, of Herstmonceux, labourer, was brought up by Mr. Daws, Inspector police, charged with stealing some oak boards, the value of 3s., the property of the Rev. Thomas Scutt. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and was accordingly committed for trial at the quarter sessions.] [Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 31 May 1853. Whereas the Reverend Thomas Scutt, late of Clapham House, and Brighton, the county Sussex, did by his Will bequeath to his Trustees therein named certain sums of money upon trust thereout to pay and discharge all or any or such one more the debt or debts which might be due and owing from his son Thomas White Scutt, at the time of his the said Thomas Scutt's decease, as the said Trustees should, their discretion, think proper, with a view therefore to the exercise such discretion, all persons having any claim against the said Thomas White Scutt are requested forthwith to send the particulars of their respective claims, stating the date and nature of the security (if any) held by them respectively to Messrs. W. H. and C. J. Palmer, 24, Bedford Row, London, or to Mr. Hill, No. 1. Pavilion Parade, Brighton. Dated this 23rd day of May, 1853.] [Sussex Post Office Directory 1874, Litlington is farmed by others as a gift of the trustees of the late Rev. Thomas Scutt. In the 1874 directory the statement is made that the principal landowners are the trustees of the late Rev. Thomas Scutt.]