SCOTT, ---; b.; in under school lists 1724, 1725.
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SCOTCHER, RANDOLPH, son of Randolph Scotcher, and Elizabeth Fudger; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1722; left 1722; apprenticed to John Harling, peruke maker, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, 16 Jun 1726. [It must have been he, not his father, who m. at St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London 12 Jan 1735 Elizabeth Powers (IGI), since there is a PCC will of 1724 for Randolph Scotcher, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, carpenter]
SCOT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Scot, Watton, Norfolk; b.; adm.; fact of education at the School stated by Wood, Athenae Oxon., iii, 578; MP Aylesbury Sep 1645-53, Wycombe 1654 – Sep 1654, Aylesbury 1656, Wycombe 1659-60; signed Engagement of 4 Aug 1647; one of the Commissioners for the trial of Charles I Jan 1649; signed the King’s death warrant; a member of each of the Five Councils of State during the Commonwealth; manager of home and foreign intelligence 1 Jul 1649; opposed the dissolution of the Long Parliament by Cromwell 1653; excluded from the House of Commons for refusing to sign the Engagement of 12 Sep 1654; again excluded during first session of Parliament of 1656; attacked the revival of the House of Lords, and justified the execution of the King and the abolition of the House of Lords 29 Jan 1658; protested against the recognition of Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector; an active opponent of the Army in 1659-60; appointed to sole charge of the intelligence department 10 Jan 1660; Secretary of State 17 Jan 1660; fled to Flanders Apr 1660, and ultimately surrendered himself to King’s Resident at Brussels; committed to Tower of London 12 Jul 1660; tried with the other regicides at the Old Bailey Oct 1660 and condemned to death; lic. to m. 1st, 27 Jun 1626 Alice, dau. of William Allanson; m. 2nd, 1644 Grace, dau. of Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bart.; hanged at Charing Cross 17 Oct 1660. DNB.
SCOT, ---; b.; adm. Jul 1715; in under school list 1716.
Scorgie, Ian Mills, son of Norman Scorgie JP, of Gloucester, and Emilie Marion, d. of John Mills of Millom, Cumberland; b. 20 May 1908; adm. May 1922 (A); left Dec. 1925; North Thames Gas Board 1939-72; Nat. Fire Service London 1939-45; retd NT Gas Board 1972; life vice-pres. London Football Assn 1973-; m. 2 July 1953 Joan Sonia Spencer, d. of Albert Taylor of Hammersmith; d. 1990.
SCORETH, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1733; left 1737 (also spelled as Scotereth or Scortereth). [note William Scortreth, bapt. Spilsby, Lincs., 24 Aug 1720, son of John Scortreth, and Sancta --- (IGI)] [note William Scortreth, Basinghall Street, City of London, will proved PCC 18 Nov 1799]
Scorer, Paul Geoffrey, only son of George Oakley Scorer, F.R.I.B.A., of Kensington, by Amy Lock; b. May 3, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); left Easter 1922; manager of a Colonial import and export firm; Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R. April 1, 1942; Flying Officer Dec. 1, 1942; m. Feb. 26, 1939, Natasha, daughter of Prof. Simon Frank, of France; killed in action Aug. 27, 1943.
Paul Geoffrey Scorer was born at Kensington, London on the 3rd of May 1905 the only son of George Oakley Scorer FRIBA, an architect, and Amy (nee Lock) Scorer of 21, Warwick Gardens, Earle Court in London. He was christened at St Mark’s Church, Marylebone on the 7th of June 1905. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from the 26th of September 1918 to Easter 1922. On leaving school he became the manager of a Colonial import and export firm, dealing and shipping cocoa and sugar. He was married on the 26th of February 1939 to Natalie (nee Frank, later Norman) and they lived at 46, Corringham Road, Golders Green in Middlesex. They had two sons, Michael, born in 1940 and Peter, born on the 15th of October 1942.
Following the outbreak of war he volunteered as an Air Raid Warden.
He was commissioned as an Acting Pilot Officer on probation in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 1st of April 1942 was confirmed in his rank on the 1st of June 1942. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 1st of December 1942. He was posted to Y Service on board the sloop HMS Egret (L75), under the command of Lieutenant Commander John Valentine Waterhouse DSO RN, which was made up of Royal Air Force personnel who were monitoring the German’s use of an anti ship radio controlled missile system, the Henschel 293 glide bomb, which had been mounted on enemy aircraft and was being deployed against Allied shipping with some success. Paul Scorer and his team of two signallers were using the Enigma machine to intercept German signals in an attempt to give early warning of an attack. His commanding officer on board was Squadron Leader Cuthbert William Prideaux Selby, who acted as the coordinator between the ships and Coastal Command.
On the 27th of August 1943, HMS Egret was one of two sloops, two destroyers and three frigates which arrived in the Bay of Biscay, some 30 to the west of Vigo, to relieve ships of the 40th Support Group. Later in the day the group was attacked by eighteen Dornier 217 aircraft carrying the Henschel 293 bombs damaging the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan and scoring a direct hit on HMS Egret which was virtually cut in half and sank very soon afterwards. The destroyer HMS Grenville was also attacked but managed to out-turn the bomb and was not damaged.
In addition to Paul Scorer and Cuthbert Selby, one hundred and ninety four officers and ratings from the Royal Navy were lost when the ship went down. Thirty two survivors were picked up by HMCS Athabaskan.
He was Mentioned in Despatches, which was announced by the Air Ministry on the 14th of January 1944.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 129.