Scott was born in
Punjab Province (British India) on 1 March 1905, the son of
Thomas Edwin Scott, who was an officer in the
British Indian Army. Scott was sent to
England where he was educated at
Blundell's School before he entered the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was
commissioned as a
second lieutenant into the
Royal Irish Fusiliers on 30 August 1924, alongside
Kendal Chavasse. The outbreak of the
Second World War found Scott as a student at the
Staff College, Camberley, with Chavasse as one of his fellow students. He briefly became
brigade major of the
147th Infantry Brigade. As the Commanding Officer of 38th (Irish) Brigade he was the British representative at the negotiations with
Milan Basta, a political
commissar of the
Yugoslav National Army, on 15 May 1945 that led to the surrender of
Croatian armed forces and civilians prior to the
Bleiburg repatriations. His service in the war was recognised with his appointment as
Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was also appointed a companion of the
Distinguished Service Order with
bar. After the war he became commandant of the
Senior Officers' School, Sheerness in 1948, commander of
107th (Ulster) Brigade in 1950 and Deputy Adjutant-General
Middle East Land Forces in 1952. before retiring in 1959. and as
Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh from 1971 to 1976. ==References==