Ian Dixon Scott

Sir Ian Scott

KCMG KCVO CIE

British Ambassador to Norway
In office
1965–1968
Preceded by| Patrick Hancock
Succeeded by| Frank Brenchley
British Ambassador to Sudan
In office
1961–1965
Preceded by| Roderick Parkes
Succeeded by| John Richmond
British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo
In office
1960–1961
Succeeded by| Derek Riches
Personal details
Born| (1909-03-06)6 March 1909
Inverness
Died| 3 March 2002(2002-03-03) (aged 92)
Aldeburgh
Education|

* Inverness Royal Academy
* Queen's Royal College, Trinidad

Alma mater| Balliol 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

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* 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

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

## Death

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

## References

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* 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.

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