| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Sir Ian Scott interviewed about working for the Viceroy in run up to independence.
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| Main author: |
Scott; Sir; Ian Dixon (1909-2002); Knight; diplomat |
| Other authors: |
Jenkins; Clare (fl 1996); interviewer |
| Extent: |
00:46:26
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| Admin history: |
Sir Ian Scott, KCMG, was born in Inverness on 6 March 1909 and was educated at Inverness Royal Academy, Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the India Civil Service in 1932. He served in Sindh, Bannu, Chitral, and Peshawar. In 1945 he was appointed Deputy Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India, Viscount Wavell. He continued in the post following the appointment of Earl Mountbatten as Viceroy. Following Independence he worked on the staff of the High Commission in Karachi. He later worked as British ambassador to Congo, Sudan and Norway in the 1960s. Scott retired from the Foreign Office in 1969. His memoirs were published in 1999. Scott died in 2002. |
Sir Ian Scott, KCMG, was born in Inverness on 6 March 1909 and was educated at Inverness Royal Academy, Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the India Civil Service in 1932. He served in Sindh, Bannu, Chitral, and Peshawar. In 1945 he was appointed Deputy Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India, Viscount Wavell. He continued in the post following the appointment of Earl Mountbatten as Viceroy. Following Independence he worked on the staff of the High Commission in Karachi. He later worked as British amb ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Clare Jenkins in Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
MP3 audio file can be accessed on CD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead |
| User restrictions: |
The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead |
| Language: |
English
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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: |
Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03 |
| Publications: |
Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
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| Format: |
Archive
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