Ian Dixon Scott
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]
Sir Ian Scott KCMG KCVO CIE | |
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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 | Inverness | 6 March 1909
Died | 3 March 2002 92) Aldeburgh | (aged
Education |
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Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Writings
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]
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References
- SCOTT, Sir Ian Dixon, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- "Sir Ian Scott". The Telegraph. 11 March 2002.
- Bookseller: The Organ of the Book Trade. J. Whitaker. 1966. p. 449.
- Trade Directory of the Republic of the Sudan. Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company. 1964. p. 96.
- 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.
- Scott, Ian Dixon (1937). Notes on Chitral. Manager, Government of India Press.
- Scott, Sir Ian (1969). Tumbled house: the Congo at independence. Oxford U.P.
- 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.
- Allen, R. T. (2000). Appraisal: A Journal of Constructive and Post-critical Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies. R. T. Allen. p. 3.
- "Google Groups". Google Groups.
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