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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG|KBE}}<br />
| name = Sir John Scott<br />
| order = 16th [[List of Chief Secretaries of Singapore#Colonial Secretaries of Straits Settlements (1867–1942)|Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements]]<br />
| term_start = 9 February 1929<br />
| term_end = 23 May 1933<ref name=retire/><br />
| predecessor = Sir [[Hayes Marriott]]<br>[[George Hemmant]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br />
| successor = Sir [[Andrew Caldecott]]<br />
| governor = Sir [[Hugh Clifford]]<br>Sir [[Cecil Clementi]]<br />
| monarch = [[George V]]<br />
| order1 = Acting [[Governor of the Straits Settlements]]<br />
| term_start1 = 21 October 1929<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19291021-1.2.62|title=Acting Governor|work=Malaya Tribune|date=21 October 1929|page=9}}</ref><br />
| term_end1 = 5 February 1930<br />
| predecessor1 = Sir [[Hugh Clifford]]<br />
| successor1 = Sir [[Cecil Clementi]]<br />
| order2 = Chief Secretary of [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika Territory]]<br />
| term_start2 = January 1924<ref name=KBE/><br />
| term_end2 = 1928<br />
| order3 = Acting [[List of governors of Tanganyika|Governor of Tanganyika Territory]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1924<br />
| term_end3 = 5 March 1925<br />
| order4 = Deputy Chief Secretary of [[Colonial Nigeria|Nigeria]]<br />
| term_start4 = February 1921<ref name=KBE/><br />
| term_end4 = 1923<br />
| birth_date = 24 April 1878<ref name=UKwho/><br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|1|19|1878|4|24|df=y}}<ref name=UKwho/><br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Kathrine Adams<ref name=UKwho/><ref name=about2/>|1905|1941|end=d.}}<br />
| father = Canon John Scott<ref name=about/><br />
| occupation = Colonial Administrator<br />
| alma_mater = [[King's College, Cambridge]]<br />
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'''Sir John Scott''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|KBE}} (24 April 1878 – 19 January 1946)<ref name=UKwho>{{cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-231547|title=Scott, Sir John|website=ukwhoswho|date=1 December 2007|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U231547|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=about2>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19290212-1.2.41|title=New Colonial Secretary|work=Malaya Tribune|date=12 February 1929|page=8}}</ref><ref name=about>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19280703-1.2.27|title=Sir Hayes Marriott's Successor|work=The Straits Times|date=3 July 1928|page=8}}</ref><ref name=death>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19460123-1.2.28|title=Death of John Scott|work=The Straits Times|date=23 January 1946|page=3}}</ref> was a British colonial administrator. Scott joined the Ceylon Civil Service as a cadet in 1901<ref name=arr1929>{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19290212-1.2.61|title=Mr. J. Scott Arrives|work=The Straits Times|date=12 February 1929|page=9}}</ref> before retiring as [[List of Chief Secretaries of Singapore#Colonial Secretaries of Straits Settlements (1867–1942)|Colonial Secretary]] of the [[Straits Settlement]] in 1933. <br />
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==Education==<br />
John Scott was educated at [[Leeds Grammar School]], Bath College and [[King's College, Cambridge]] where he took his B.A. degree.<ref name=about/><ref name=death/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Scott joined the Ceylon Civil Service in November 1901,<ref name=death/><ref name=arr1929/> was appointed principal assistant colonial secretary in April 1917 <ref name=death/> and have been in [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]] till 1921<ref name=about/> when he was appointed Deputy Chief Secretary of [[Colonial Nigeria|Nigeria]].<ref name=about/><br />
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Between 1924 and 1928, he was the Chief Secretary of [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika Territory]] and acting Governor (1924 – 5 March 1925)<br />
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He was appointed as Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements in 1929.<ref name=about/> During his tenure as Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements, he was sworn-in as Deputy-Governor for several occasions during the absence from the Settlement of H. E. Governor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19290327-1.2.77|title=Untitled|work=Malaya Tribune|date=27 March 1929|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19290911-1.2.28|title=Untitled|work=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)|date=11 September 1929|page=3}}</ref> In October 1929, Scott was again sworn-in as Officer Administering the Government as Sir [[Hugh Clifford]] whose sudden decision to resign from the post of Governor of Straits Settlement. This is due to [[Mrs Henry de la Pasture|Lady Clifford]]'s gravely illness and had to leave for England.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19291015-1.2.37.1|title=H. E. to leave Singapore on Friday|work=The Straits Times|date=15 October 1929|page=11}}</ref> Scott resumed his post as Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements when Sir [[Cecil Clementi]] sworn-in as Governor of Straits Settlement on 5 February 1930. On 23 May 1933, Scott retired and hand over the post of Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements to [[Andrew Caldecott]].<ref name=retire>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19330524-1.2.43.66|title=Colonial Secretary|work=Malaya Tribune|date=24 May 1933|page=11}}</ref><br />
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==Post-retirement==<br />
Scott and his wife resided at Manor House, Hartford, Huntingdon after Scott's retirement in 1933.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19331102-1.2.85|title=Mainly about people|work=The Straits Times|date=2 November 1933|page=13}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
John Scott was born on 24 April 1878 and is the eldest son of Canon John Scott of Hull, Leeds.<ref name=about2/><ref name=about/> He married Mary Kathrine Adams, daughter of Francis Adams of Greswold, Worcestershire in 1905 and Mary died in 1941.<ref name=UKwho/><ref name=about2/><br />
He died on 19 January 1946.<ref name=UKwho/><ref name=death/><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
John Scott was invested with Companion of the Most Distinguished [[Order of St. Michael and St. George]] (CMG) in 1923<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32830|date=1 June 1923|pages=3945-3946|supp=y}}</ref> and Knight Commander of the Most Excellent [[Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) in 1932.<ref name=KBE>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19320102-1.2.54|title=Malaya in the New Year Honours|work=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=2 January 1932|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33785|date=29 December 1931|page=11|supp=y}}</ref><br />
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