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{{Short description|British colonial officer (1880–1951)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Walter Lawrence Scott
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = 
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}}
| image_upright =
| alt =
| caption =
| order =
| office = [[List of superintendents of Mizoram|Superintendent of the Lushai Hills]]
| status = 
| term_start = 1919
| term_end = 1921
| subterm =
| suboffice =
| alongside =
| monarch =
| president =
| governor_general =
| successor = S.N. Mackenzie
| predecessor = H.A.C. Colguhoun
| office2 = [[List of superintendents of Mizoram|Superintendent of the Lushai Hills]]
| term_start2 = 1922
| term_end2 = 1923
| successor2 = S.N. Mackenzie
| predecessor2 = S.N. Mackenzie
| pronunciation =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|8|7}}
| birth_place = [[Rangiora]], New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|1|20|1880|8|7}}
| death_place = [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], New Zealand
| parents = John George Lawrence Scott (Father)<br />Agnes Scott (Mother, b. Robinson)
| spouse = {{marriage|Beatrix Mary Scott (nee Nicholson)|20 December 1910}}
| children = Elisabeth Scott<br />Margaret Agnes Scott
| relatives =
| education = [[Christ's College, Christchurch|Christ's College]]
| alma_mater = [[Canterbury University]]
| occupation = [[Indian Civil Service]]
| profession = Colonial officer
| known_for = Superintendent of the Lushai Hills
}}

'''Sir Walter Lawrence Scott''' {{postnominals|country-GBR|CIE}} (7 August 1880 – 20 January 1951) was an Indian Civil Service officer from New Zealand in the [[British Raj]]. Scott was assigned several positions, most notably as superintendent of the [[British rule in the Lushai Hills|British Lushai Hills]].

==Early life and education==
Walter Lawrence Scott was born on 7 August 1880 in Rangiora to J. G. Lawrence Scott, the headmaster of [[Christchurch East School|East Christchurch School]].{{sfn|Press|1951}} He was the oldest of three children, with two younger brothers, Colin Edwin Scott and Frank Joseph Lawrence Scott.{{sfn|Scott}} Scott attended his father's school, followed by [[Christ's College, Christchurch|Christ's College]].{{sfn|Press|1951}} Scott was awarded a junior university scholarship in 1897 and attended [[University of Canterbury|Canterbury College]]. He graduated in 1900 and achieved a senior scholarship with an exhibition in mathematics and experimental science. In 1902, Scott obtained M.A. with honours in mathematics, mathematical physics and chemistry alongside a Bachelor of Science degree in 1903. Scott participated in tennis, the Dialectic Society and the [[University of Canterbury Students' Association|Students' Association]].{{sfn|Press|1951}}{{sfn|Hight|Candy|1927}}

==Career==
Scott undertook the Indian Civil Service course at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and was posted to [[British Bengal]] in 1904.{{sfn|Press|1951}} Scott was originally a magistrate for five years in a probationary term.{{sfn|New Zealand Herald|1939}} In 1912, Scott became under-secretary to the government of Assam. Scott was assigned as superintendent of the Lushai Hills twice, between 1919 and 1921, and between 1922 and 1923.{{sfn|Press|1951}}

As superintendent of the Lushai Hills, Scott is credited with defending the sovereignty of the district's territory against claims made by [[Hill Tipperah]]. He is also known for opening the [[Assam Rifles]] to Mizo volunteers to participate in.{{sfn|Samuelson|1985|p=22}}

He was later assigned as the director of land records in Assam from 1923 to 1924. Scott was further appointed as the commissioner of the Surma Valley division from 1934 to 1935. Scott received the [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1929 and was knighted in 1939. Scott was a member of the Governor's Executive Council of Assam from 1935 to 1937. After the council was abolished and replaced with ministers, Scott was assigned to the Revenue Tribunal of Assam in 1937.{{sfn|Press|1951}}{{sfn|New Zealand Herald|1939}}

==Later life==
Scott married Beatrix Mary Nicholson on 20 December 1910 at [[Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson|Christ Church Cathedral]] in Nelson.{{sfn|Nelson Evening Mail|1910}} He had two daughters, Elisabeth and Margaret.{{sfn|Scott}} Scott retired from the Indian Civil Service in April 1938.{{sfn|Evening Post|1939}} In [[World War II]], Scott was assigned the temporary rank of Captain for the Nelson [[Home Guard (New Zealand)|home guard]].{{sfn|Auckland Star|1941}} Scott died on 20 January 1951 in Nelson.{{sfn|Scott}}{{sfn|Press|1951}}

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |last=Samuelson |first=Ramchuani Sena|date=1985 |title=Love Mizoram|location=Imphal |publisher=Goodwill Press}}
*{{cite book |last1=Hight |first1=James |author1-link=James Hight
|last2=Candy|first2=Alice |author2-link=Alice Candy |date=1927 |title=A Short History of the Canterbury College (University of New Zealand) with a Registers of Graduates and Associates of the College |url=https://archive.org/details/short-history-of-the-canterbury-college-1927/mode/2up |location=Auckland |publisher=Whitecombe and Tombs Limited |access-date=1 July 2025}}

*{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Nelson Evening Mail|1910}} |date=20 December 1910 |title=Wedding |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19101220.2.51 |work=[[Nelson Evening Mail]] |volume=XLV |issue=XLV |page=6 |access-date=1 July 2025}}
*{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Evening Post|1939}} |date=1939 |title=Sir Walter L. Scott: Distinguished New Zealander |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390612.2.68?query=Walter+Lawrence+Scott#image-tab |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |volume=CXXVII|issue=136 |access-date=1 July 2025}}
*{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Press|1951}} |date=23 January 1951 |title=Obituary:Sir Walter Scott |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19510123.2.11?query=Walter+Lawrence+Scott#image-tab |work=[[The Press]] |agency=[[New Zealand Press Association]] |volume=LXXXVIII|issue=26327|access-date=1 July 2025}}
*{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Auckland Star|1941}} |date=1 December 1941 |title=Home Guard Captain: Sir Walter Lawrence Scott |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19411201.2.78 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |access-date=1 July 2025|volume=LXXII|issue=284}}
*{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|New Zealand Herald|1939}} |date=12 June 1939 |title=Service in India: Sir Walter L. Scott former dominion resident a distinguished career visit on retiring leave |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19390612.2.101 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|volume=LXXVI|issue=23370 |access-date=}}
*{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Gordon |title=Walter Lawrence Scott |website=MyHeritage|url=https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees |access-date=1 July 2025}}

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[[Category:Superintendents of Lushai Hills district]]
[[Category:1880 births]]
[[Category:1951 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian Political Service officers]]
[[Category:University of Canterbury alumni]]
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch]]

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