Scott, Walter Douglas, son of Walter Frederick Scott, bank manager, of Blackheath, and Myrtle Annie, d. of Rev. Walter Hawkins of Lewisham; b. 23 Aug. 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (A); left July 1935; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1939, MA 1943; RM 1939-45 (Maj.), wounded (Crete), despatches (Middle East) Jan. 1943; Nigerian Federal Public Service 1956-61; asst sec. Assn of British Chambers of Commerce 1962-8; finance officer Nuffield Foundation 1968-81, retd 1981; m. 29 Dec. 1945 Irene Constance, d. of E. J. Roberts of Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny; d. Aug. 1998.

Scott, Ursel Baliol, brother of Napier Baliol Scott (qv); b. 25 Apr. 1913; adm. May 1927 (A); left July 1931; LSE 1931-3; stock control RAOC 1939-45; Internat. Committee for Scientific Man­agement 1945-8; succeeded his father as editor and publisher of Mining Journal; hon. Fellow Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy 1976; m. 1st 24 Feb. 1945 Dorothy, d. of Rev. F. Barham Foster of Market Weston, Suffolk; 2nd 26 July 1982 Dorothy Hewitt; 3rd 1987 Sheelagh Scott; d. 20 Jan. 1988.

SCOTT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Scott, Elworthy, Somerset; b.; adm.; a letter written by Richard Healy to Richard Busby (qv), dated Wells 3 Mar 1685, recommends “one Thomas Scott, a little yellow-headed boy in your Schoole” for election as KS (Busby Trustees Archive); KS 1687; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1692, aged 18, scholar 28 Apr 1693, matr. 1693; clerk to Secretary of State, Scotland, c. 1710; Under Secretary to Duke of Roxburghe when Secretary of State for Scotland Dec 1716 – Aug 1725; author comedies The Mock Marriage, performed at Thestre in Dorset Gardens, 1696, and Unhappy Kindness, or the Fruitless Revenge, performed at Theatre Royal, 1697.

Scott, Reginald Basset Joyce, son of Edward John Long Scott, Litt.D., keeper of the MSS. British Museum, by Anna F. K., only daughter of Edward T. Donoghue; b. June 12, 1883; adm. May 6, 1897 (H); left July 1901; a journalist; m. July 31, 1923, Marie Frances, daughter of Arthur Morley Hurst, of Nuwara Eliga, Ceylon; d. June 20, 1953·

Scott, Ralph Henry Forster, son of Dixon Scott of Tynemouth and Virginia Bradfield, d. of Fred­ erick Duffel! of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 5 Feb. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric: 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; Roy. Warks Regt 1940-5 (Capt.); called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1947; a co. director; d. 29 May 1974.

SCOTT, PAUL ELLERS, son of John Scott, Dublin, “doctor”, and Elizabeth Ellors (sic : IGI); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1746; KS 1750; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – res 12 Dec 1757; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot 26 Apr 1757, retd. 1758; ordained; Curate, St. Paul, Covent Garden, in 1768-70; m. 22 Nov 1762 Mary Elly (IGI). [father perhaps Rev. John Scott DD ?]

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.

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, 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, 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.