Sir Ian Dixon Scott (6 March 1909 – 3 March 2002) was a British

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and a

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who served as Deputy Private Secretary to the last two

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. He was later appointed

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to Congo,

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and

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in the 1960s.

Writings

* ''Notes on Chitral'' (1937) * ''Tumbled House: the Congo at independence'' (1969) * ''A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service'' (1999)

Personal life

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

Death

Sir Ian Dixon Scott, died at

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on 3 March 2002.

References

SCOTT, Sir Ian Dixon
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014) {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Ian Dixon 1909 births 2002 deaths People educated at Inverness Royal Academy Alumni of Queen's Royal College, Trinidad Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sudan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Norway