Scrivener, Ronald Stratford, son of Sir Patrick Scrivener KCMG, and Margaret Morris, d. of Wal­ter Dorling, stockbroker; b. 29 Dec. 1919; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left Dec. 1935; St Cath. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; RAFVR (A & SD) 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr), despatches Jan. 1941; entered HM Foreign Service 1945, served Berlin, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Caracas, Berne, Bangkok; CMG 1965; HM Ambassador Panama 1969-70, Czechoslovakia 1971-4; Asst Under-Sec. of State FCO 1974-6; retd 1976; exec. Dir. British-Soviet Chamber of Commerce 1977-83; foreign relations and market research consultant 1983-; Freeman City of London 1984; m. 1st 20 Feb. 1947 Elisabeth, d. of Maj. Vyvyan Drake-Brockman; 2nd 1962 Mary Alice Olga Sofia Jane, d. of Sqdn Ldr Robert Charlton Lane RAF, of Havant, Hants.; d. 14 Jan. 2001

SCRIVEN, JOHN BARCLAY, second son of Edward Scriven, Dublin, and Elizabeth Barclay (IGI); b.; adm. 12 Nov 1770; KS (aged 12) 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 – deprived 18 Jun 1778; admonished 7 Jan 1777 for acting as second in duel between gentlemenn commoners, and deprived of Studentship for attacking Masters’ Common Room and threatening the life of Christ Church’s Rhetoric Lecturer; Ensign, 56th Foot 17 Dec 1778, 60th Foot 23 Mar 1779; Lieut., 18 Sep 1780; half-pay 1783; adm. Middle Temple 21 May 1776, called to bar 9 Jun 1788; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1786; practised in Jamaica and at Dublin; “father” of the Irish bar; m. [by c. 1784]; d. in Dublin 29 Mar 1835, in 77th year.

SCRATTON, WILLIAM, sixth son of William Scratton, Dover, Kent, and Susan, youngest dau. of George Ansell, Hackney, Middlesex; b. 26 Dec 1828; adm. 30 Mar 1842 (G); QS 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1847, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student 1847-72; BA 1851; MA 1854; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1853, priest (Canterbury) 1854; Curate, Tenterden and Smallhythe, Kent 1853-5, Gunthorpe, Norfolk 1859-63, Platt, Kent 1865-71; Vicar of Badby, Northants, from 31 Oct 1871; m. 9 Nov 1871 Margaret, second dau. of Rev. Francis Thomas Gregory, Vicar of Platt, Kent; d. 30 Jun 1919.

Scrase, John Howard, twin brother of David Ellison Scrase (qv); b. 15 Mar. 1949; adm. Jan. 1963 (B); left Dec. 1967; Univ. of Bristol, BSc 1972; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, MBA 1974; First Nat. City Bank 1974-5; Citicorp Internat. Dev. Organisation 1975; a businessman; worked for several different enterprises in Kuwait and then in Lagos, Nigeria; m. 1st, 25 May 1985 in Bangalore, Clara Fernandes; 2nd, 23 Apr. 1991 in Lagos, Eunice Kessena Ozegha; d. Port Harcourt, Nigeria 27 Feb. 2016.

Scrase, John Edward, son of Frank Edward Scrase, F.R.C.S., of Hampstead, by Lucy Ann, daughter of John Chandler, of Bristol; b. Nov. 20, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); left Dec. 1918; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Eng.); A.M.I.C.E. 1927; Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Hammersmith; m. July 27, 1929, Marjorie Decima, daughter of Stephen Artaud, of Hampstead.

Scovell, Thornton Sydney, eldest son of Capt. Thornton Scovell, 63rd Foot, of Kensington, by Florence Sydney, daughter of Christopher Eales, of St. Marylebone, architect; b. June 20, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (A); left July 1895; enlisted in the Sportsman's Batt. 1914; served in Great War I, first in Belgium with 32nd Batt. Royal Fusiliers until disabled by illness, and with the Labour Corps during the final advance in France, and until the armistice; author of Scouting for physically defective Boys (1920); d. Feb. 23, 1942.

SCOVELL, EDMUND JOHN, second son of George Scovell, Grosvenor Place, London, wharf proprietor; b. 13 Jan 1839; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); left 1855; Ensign, 96th Foot 25 Mar 1856; Lieut., 30 Apr 1858; Capt., 7 Oct 1859; Maj., 14 Sep 1870; Lieut. -Col., 1 Jul 1881; hon. Col. 1 Oct 1881; retd. 8 Feb 1882, as Major-Gen.; m. 27 Aug 1862 Bertha, dau. of James Atkinson, Longford Terrace, Monkstown, Dublin; d. 14 Feb 1919.

SCOTT-SMITH, JAMES STEWART, eldest son of David Scott-Smith, Pembridge Villas, London; b. 23 Oct 1854; adm. 24 Apr 1867 (G); left Christmas 1870; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Apr 1874.

Scott-Gatty, Alexander John, eldest son of Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Catty, K.C. V.O., of South Kensington, Garter Principal King of Arms, by Elizabeth Emma, eldest daughter of John Foster, of Newhall Grange, Yorks; b. Oct. 3, 1875; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (G); left July 1892; an actor for twenty-five years, was leading juvenile to Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson at Drury Lane, the Provinces, and America during his great farewell tour lasting three years; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.) Nov. 15, 1914; Lieut. May 15, 1915; relinquished his commission on account of ill health June 7, 1916; m. 1st Feb. 10, 1902, Lina Mary, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir William Hart-Dyke, Bart., M.P.; 2nd Feb. 24, 1927, Elayne Veronica, elder daughter of the Rev. Sir Stanley Daws Dewey, Bart.; d. Nov. 6, 1937.

Scott-Barrett, David William, son of Brig. Hugh Scott-Barrett CB CBE, Judge Advocate­General’s Dept., and Dorothy Gertrude, d. of Rev. Augustus Edward Farrar, Rector of Woolley, Hunts; b. 16 Dec. 1922; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1940; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards Jan. 1942, MC (NW Europe) May 1945; Lieut. Jan. 1946, Capt. Dec. 1949; temp. Maj. Sept. 1951; psc; Equerry to HRH the Duke of Gloucester 1949-55; MBE 1957; brevet Lieut. -Col. July 1962; Commandant Guards Depot 1963; commanded 6 Mechanised Bde 1966-9; IDC 1970; Maj. -Gen. 1971; GOC Eastern District 1971-5; Lieut. -Gen. 1976; KBE 1976; GOC Scotland and Governor, Edinburgh Castle 1976-9; retd. 1979; dir. Arbuthnot Securities 1979-83; chmn. Army Cadet Assn. 1982-96; m. 1st, 24 Nov. 1948 Marie Elise, d. of Norman Morris of Worplesdon Hill, Surrey; m. 2nd, 31 Oct 1992 Judith Rogerson, widow of Maj. John Waring; d. 31 Dec. 2003.