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GB-2014-WSA-15363 · Person · 1903-1956

Scott, Napier Baliol, son of Edward Baliol Scott, of Weybridge, Surrey, barrister-at-law, by Gladys Agnes, daughter of William Charles Perry Grant, R.N.; b. Dec. 25, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. Aug. 1922, matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1927; played chess for Oxford against Cambridge 1925; worked 1929-34 in Paris with Wallace Clark, the American pioneer in the field of scientific management; with Harrods Stores 1934-9 and Harold Whitehead and Partners 1939-40; joined the organisation and methods division of the Treasury Dec. 1939; Middle East Supply Centre 1942; personal adviser to Director of Organisation at the Treasury 1943; Bengal Administration Committee 1944 Ministry of Supply 1948-51; Director of Organisation and Methods, Civil Service, 1951 : under-secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1952; d. as the result of a road accident Sept. 18. 1956; unm.

GB-2014-WSA-15362 · Person · 1925-1998

Scott, Michael George, son of Alfred George Scott, architect, of St Andrews, Fife, and Eleanor, d. of Charles John Jackson of Ilkeston, Derbs; b. 2 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1943, matric. 1947, BA 1950; Edinburgh Coll. of Art 1952-7; an architect, ARIBA 1957; practised at St Andrews, Fife; m. 5 Oct. 1957 Nan Barbro, d. of Ivar-Anders Svensson of Vaxjo, Sweden; d. 1 Sept. 1998.

Scott, K., fl. 1750
GB-2014-WSA-15361 · Person · fl. 1750

SCOTT, K.; b.; in school lists 1750-2, 1754; a schoolfriend of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (qv) (Emily F. D. Osborn, ed, Political and Social Letters of a Lady of the XVIIIth Century 1721-1771, 96).

Scott, Jonathan, ca. 1713-?
GB-2014-WSA-15360 · Person · ca. 1713-?

SCOTT, JONATHAN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1725; in under school list 1728 (“in 1727 list X & no payment”).

Scott, John, ca. 1705-?
GB-2014-WSA-15359 · Person · ca. 1705-?

SCOTT, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1717.

Scott, John, 1797-1873
GB-2014-WSA-15358 · Person · 1797-1873

SCOTT, SIR JOHN, only son of John Fallowfield Scott, New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, solicitor, and Mary, dau. of John Sarjeant (or Sergent (IGI)), Whitehaven, Cumberland; b. 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; left 1811; Cornet, 7th Hussars 4 May 1815; Lieut., 26 Oct 1815; Capt., 28 Jun 1821; Maj., 9 Nov 1826; Lieut. -Col., 31 Aug 1830; Col., 19 Jun 1846; Major-Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 13 Oct 1860; Gen., 1 May 1868; Col., 7th Hussars 17 Jun 1866; served Afghan War 1838-9, and first Sikh War, commanding a brigade at the battle of Sobraon 10 Feb 1846; ADC to Queen Victoria; CB 20 Dec 1839; KCB 28 Mar 1865; m. 8 Nov 1829 Alicia Eliza, dau. of Henry Forster Mills (qv); d. 18 Jan 1873.

Scott, John, 1738-1788
GB-2014-WSA-15357 · Person · 1738-1788

SCOTT, HON. JOHN, younger son of Henry Scott, 3rd Earl of Deloraine (qv); b. 6 Oct 1738; adm. May 1746; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1 Jul 1755, matr. Mich. 1755; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1763, called to bar 6 May 1769; m. 12 Dec 1757 (IGI) Isabella Young, singer; d. 31 Dec 1788.

Scott, John Lee, 1820-?
GB-2014-WSA-15356 · Person · 1820-?

SCOTT, JOHN LEE, son of William Brown Scott, Uxbridge, Middlesex, and Emma Lee (IGI); b. 29 Dec 1820; adm. 2 Apr 1834 (Benthall's); KS 1835; left 1837; entered merchant navy; shipwrecked in ship Kite off Chusan Sep 1840, imprisoned by Chinese until Feb 1841; [presumably John L. Scott, clerk in civil service, aged 63 (sic), living Villa Road, Lambeth, Surrey, with wife Sophia L. Scott, 1881 Census]; author, A Recent Imprisonment in Chusan, 1841; m. 14 Jul 1849 Sophia Louisa, third dau. of James Oliphant, Bedford Place, London; living in 1908.

GB-2014-WSA-15355 · Person · 1860-?

SCOTT, JOHN JAMES SIDNEY, son of John Scott, Prevost Road, Hampstead, Middlesex, colonial broker, and Annie E. --- (1881 Census); b. 31 Jul 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G); left May 1876; living 1881 (1881 Census).

GB-2014-WSA-15354 · Person · 1914-1955

Scott, John Gilbert Shaw, son of Gilbert Shaw Scott, sec. Inst. of Mining Engineers, and Christian Mary, d. of Thomas Turner, Prof. of Metallurgy Univ. of Birmingham; b. 13 Feb. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H); left Apr. 1932; p. a. to Chief Mechanical Engineer (Road Services) Lond. Transport Executive; joined editorial staff Motor Transport Jan. 1955; m. 28 May 1949 Eileen Bessie, d. of John Leslie Cripps of Cheam, Surrey; d. 23 Mar. 1955.