Ian Dixon Scott

Sir Ian Scott
KCMG KCVO CIE
British Ambassador to Norway
In office
1965–1968
Preceded byPatrick Hancock
Succeeded byFrank Brenchley
British Ambassador to Sudan
In office
1961–1965
Preceded byRoderick Parkes
Succeeded byJohn Richmond
British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo
In office
1960–1961
Succeeded byDerek Riches
Personal details
Born(1909-03-06)6 March 1909
Inverness
Died3 March 2002(2002-03-03) (aged 92)
Aldeburgh
Education
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Sir Ian Dixon Scott KCMG KCVO CIE (6 March 1909 – 3 March 2002) was a British civil servant and a career diplomat who served as Deputy Private Secretary to the last two Viceroys of India. He was later appointed Ambassador to Congo, Sudan and Norway in the 1960s.[1][2][3][4]

Writings

  • Notes on Chitral (1937) [5]
  • Tumbled House: the Congo at independence (1969) [6]
  • A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service (1999) [7]

Personal life

He married, in 1937, Drusilla Lindsay, daughter of Lord Lindsay, the former Master of Balliol. They had a son and four daughters.[8]

Death

Sir Ian Dixon Scott, died at Aldeburgh on 3 March 2002.[9]

References

  • SCOTT, Sir Ian Dixon, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  1. ^ "Sir Ian Scott". The Telegraph. 11 March 2002.
  2. ^ Bookseller: The Organ of the Book Trade. J. Whitaker. 1966. p. 449.
  3. ^ Trade Directory of the Republic of the Sudan. Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company. 1964. p. 96.
  4. ^ Judd, Denis (24 March 2005). The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947. OUP Oxford. p. 145. ISBN 9780192805799.
  5. ^ Scott, Ian Dixon (1937). Notes on Chitral. Manager, Government of India Press.
  6. ^ Scott, Sir Ian (1969). Tumbled house: the Congo at independence. Oxford U.P. ISBN 978-0-19-215637-2.
  7. ^ Scott, Sir Ian (4 September 1999). Judd, Denis (ed.). A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service: The Memoirs of Sir Ian Scott. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860643804.
  8. ^ Allen, R. T. (2000). Appraisal: A Journal of Constructive and Post-critical Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies. R. T. Allen. p. 3.
  9. ^ "Google Groups". Google Groups.