Interview with Sir Ian Scott [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Sir Ian Scott [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Scott; Sir; Ian Dixon (1909-2002); Knight; diplomat
Jenkins; Clare (fl 1996); interviewer ( contributor )
Scott, Ian, Sir, 1909- ( contributor )
Jenkins, Clare, fl. 1996 ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:46:26

Notes

Abstract:
Sir Ian Scott interviewed about working for the Viceroy in run up to independence. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical 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.
General Note:
Interview by Clare Jenkins in Suffolk, United Kingdom
General Note:
Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 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
General Note:
Duration: 00:46:26
General Note:
Recording no.: Additional 3
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Date of Interview: 24 August 1996
General Note:
Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
General Note:
Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
General Note:
Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Scott, Ian, Sir, 1909- : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/68935680

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/18/03 ( CALM Reference number )