Sir Charles Stewart Scott, (17 March 1838 – 26 April 1924) was a British diplomat. Scott was educated at Cheltenham College. He started his career as attaché at Paris (1859); transferred to Dresden (1859) and Copenhagen (1862); promoted to be a 3rd secretary at Copenhagen (1863); transferred to Madrid (1865) and Berne (1866); promoted to be a 2nd secretary at Mexico (1866); transferred to Lisbon (1868), Stuttgart (1871), Munich (1872), Vienna (1873), St Petersburg (1874), and Darmstadt (1877); secretary of legation at Coburg (1879); from 1877 to 1883 repeatedly acting chargé d'affaires at Darmstadt and in 1881 at Stuttgart; promoted to be a secretary of embassy at Berlin (1883-1893); promoted to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation; transferred to Copenhagen (1893-1898); from 1898 to 1904 he was British ambassador to

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, Scott was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB).

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Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia People educated at Cheltenham College Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 1838 births 1924 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{UK-diplomat-stub

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