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	'''Sir Michael Scott''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCVO\|CMG}} (19 May 1923 - 9 June 2004) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator.		'''Sir Michael Scott''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCVO\|CMG}} (19 May 1923 - 9 June 2004) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator.

	Scott was educated at [[Dame Allan's School]] and then enrolled at [[Durham University]].<ref name="scott2">{{cite book \|title=Scott, Sir Michael, (19 May 1923–9 June 2004) \|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/abstract/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34162 \|website=[[Who's Who (UK)]] \| doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U34162 \| isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 \|access-date=26 April 2019 \|language=en}}</ref> He was granted an emergency commission in the [[Durham Light Infantry]] in 1941 and then transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in 1943, joining the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] and serving in this unit until 1947.<ref name="scott1">{{cite journal \|title=Sir Michael Scott KCVO CMG \|journal=The British-Nepal Society Journal \|date=2004 \|issue=28 \|pages=56–57 \|url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bnsj/pdf/bnsj_28.pdf \|access-date=26 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> During this time he became acquainted with the [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], and [[Gurkhali]] languages.<ref name=scott1 />		Scott was educated at [[Dame Allan's School]] and then enrolled at [[Durham University]].<ref name="scott2">{{cite book \|title=Scott, Sir Michael, (19 May 1923–9 June 2004) \|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/abstract/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34162 \|website=[[Who's Who (UK)]] \| doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U34162 \| isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 \|access-date=26 April 2019 \|language=en}}</ref> He was granted an emergency commission in the [[Durham Light Infantry]] in 1941 and then transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in 1943, joining the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] and serving in this unit until 1947.<ref name="scott1">{{cite journal \|title=Sir Michael Scott KCVO CMG \|journal=The British-Nepal Society Journal \|date=2004 \|issue=28 \|pages=56–57 \|url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bnsj/pdf/bnsj_28.pdf \|access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref> During this time he became acquainted with the [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], and [[Gurkhali]] languages.<ref name=scott1 />

	==Career==		==Career==

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'''Sir Michael Scott''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCVO|CMG}} (19 May 1923 - 9 June 2004) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator.

Scott was educated at [[Dame Allan's School]] and then enrolled at [[Durham University]].<ref name="scott2">{{cite book |title=Scott, Sir Michael, (19 May 1923–9 June 2004) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/abstract/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-34162 |website=[[Who's Who (UK)]] | doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U34162 | isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 |access-date=26 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He was granted an emergency commission in the [[Durham Light Infantry]] in 1941 and then transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in 1943, joining the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] and serving in this unit until 1947.<ref name="scott1">{{cite journal |title=Sir Michael Scott KCVO CMG |journal=The British-Nepal Society Journal |date=2004 |issue=28 |pages=56–57 |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bnsj/pdf/bnsj_28.pdf |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> During this time he became acquainted with the [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], and [[Gurkhali]] languages.<ref name=scott1 />

==Career==
He joined the [[Colonial Office]] in 1949 and moved to the [[Commonwealth Relations Office]] in 1957 (which would later merge with the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office#The Foreign Office|Foreign Office]]).<ref name=scott2 /> He was First Secretary in [[Karachi]] (1958-1959); Deputy High Commissioner in [[Peshawar]] (1959-1962); Counsellor and Director, [[British Information Services]] in India, [[New Delhi]] (1963-1965); Head of East and Central Africa Department (1965-1968); and then Deputy High Commissioner in [[Nicosia]] (1968-1972).<ref name=scott2 />

Scott headed three missions in his career: he was [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Nepal|Ambassador to Nepal]] (1974-1977); [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malawi|High Commissioner to Malawi]] (1977-1979); and briefly [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Bangladesh|High Commissioner to Bangladesh]] (1980-1981).<ref name=scott2 /> In retirement he became Secretary-General of the [[Royal Commonwealth Society]] (1983-1988).<ref name=scott2 />

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==Honours==
* [[File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.jpg|40px]] [[Royal Victorian Order|Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (KCVO) - 1979
* [[File:Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png|40px]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) - 1977

==References==
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[[Category:Durham Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
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[[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Nepal]]
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[[Category:High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
[[Category:Alumni of King's College, Newcastle]]
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