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{{Short description|British Army general (1905–1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Thomas Patrick David Scott
|birth_date=1905
|birth_place= [[Punjab Province (British India)]]
|death_date=30 July 1976 (aged 70–71)
|death_place=
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= [[United Kingdom]]
|serviceyears= 1924–1959
|servicenumber=30926
|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]
|branch= [[British Army]]
|current position=
|commands=1st Battalion, [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] 2nd Battalion, [[London Irish Rifles]] [[12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|12th Infantry Brigade]] [[Hampshire Brigade|128th Infantry Brigade]] [[38th (Irish) Brigade|38th Infantry Brigade]] [[Senior Officers' School|Senior Officers' School, Sheerness]] [[107th (Ulster) Brigade]] [[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division|42nd (Lancashire) Division]]
|unit=[[Royal Irish Fusiliers]]
|battles=[[World War II|Second World War]]
|awards=[[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Distinguished Service Order|Distinguished Service Order & Bar]]
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Thomas Patrick David Scott''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO1}} (1905 – 30 July 1976) was a senior [[British Army]] officer.

==Military career==
Thomas Scott was born in [[Punjab Province (British India)]] in 1905, the son of [[Thomas Edwin Scott (Indian Army officer)|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 [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]] on 30 August 1924, alongside [[Kendal Chavasse]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32969|page=6500|date=24 February 1924}}</ref><ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-irish.com/persons/pat-scott-cb-cbe-dso|title=Pat Scott CB CBE DSO*|publisher=Royal Irish|accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref>

The outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]] found Scott as a student at the [[Staff College, Camberley]], with Chavasse as one of his fellow students.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.royal-irish.com/persons/pat-scott-cb-cbe-dso|title=Pat Scott CB CBE DSO* | Royal Irish - Virtual Military Gallery|website=royal-irish.com}}</ref> He briefly became [[brigade major]] of the [[147th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|147th Infantry Brigade]].<ref name="auto"/> He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers in [[Tunisia]] in 1942 and went on to be commander of [[12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|12th Brigade]] in [[North Africa]] in July 1943, commander of [[Hampshire Brigade|128th Brigade]] in [[Italy]] in November 1943 and finally commander of [[38th (Irish) Brigade|38th Infantry Brigade]] in Italy in February 1944.<ref name=dk>{{cite web|url=http://generals.dk/general/Scott/Thomas_Patrick_David/Great_Britain.html|title=Scott, Thomas Patrick David|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> His service in the war was recognised with his appointment as [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37386|page=6056|date=11 December 1945|supp=y}}</ref> He was also appointed a companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] with [[Medal bar|bar]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37039|page=2072|date=17 April 1945|supp=y}}</ref>

After the war he became commandant of the [[Senior Officers' School|Senior Officers' School, Sheerness]] in 1948, commander of [[107th (Ulster) Brigade]] in 1950 and Deputy Adjutant-General [[Middle East Land Forces]] in 1952.<ref name=dk/> He went on to be training advisor to the [[Pakistan Army]] in 1954 and General Officer Commanding [[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division|42nd (Lancashire) Division]] in 1956.<ref name=dk/> He was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[1956 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40787|page=3101|date=25 May 1956|supp=y}}</ref> before retiring in 1959.<ref name=dk/>

Scott served as colonel of The Royal Irish Fusiliers from 1960 to 1968<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087RIrF.htm |title=The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=10 July 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014173823/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/087RIrF.htm |archivedate=14 October 2007 }}</ref> and as [[Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh|Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh]] from 1971 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005 | last=Sainty | first=J. C. | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | url=http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_ire.html | accessdate=2008-06-07 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804102750/http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_ire.html | archive-date=4 August 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Obituary of Major-General T. P. D. Scott, ''[[The Times]]'', Friday, 6 August 1976 (pg. 14; Issue 59775; col F)

==Further reading==
*{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Major-General Thomas|url=http://www.irishbrigade.co.uk/pages/eyewitness-accounts/irish-brigade-mar-1944---mar-1945-by-brigadier-tpd-scott.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030053342/http://www.irishbrigade.co.uk/pages/eyewitness-accounts/irish-brigade-mar-1944---mar-1945-by-brigadier-tpd-scott.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-30|title=Irish Brigade in Italy, March 1944 - March 1945}}
*{{cite book| first=Richard| last=Doherty| title=Ireland's Generals in the Second World War| author-link=Richard Doherty | isbn=9781851828654| year=2004| publisher=Four Courts Press}}

==External links==
*[https://www.royal-irish.com/persons/pat-scott-cb-cbe-dso Pat Scott CB CBE DSO* | Royal Irish - Virtual Military Gallery] Major General T. P. D. Scott
*[https://generals.dk/general/Scott/Thomas_Patrick_David/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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