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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.

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·