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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Scott.

1902; Retd., 1910. Publications: The Burman, His Life and Notions; France and Tongking; Burma as it was, as it is, and as it will be; Burma, the Eastern Country, and the Race of the Bramhas; The Hill Slopes of Tongking; The Upper Burma Gazetteer, 5 vols; Burma, a Handbook. Address; c/o India Office, London.

Scott, Lothian Kerr, C.B. (1897); Indian P.W D. (retired); b. 1841; s. of George Scott; educ: at Winchester and Woolwich; entered the Royal Engineers, 1862; Volunteered for service in India and was employed in Public Works, Railways and Irrigation; Musketry Inspector at Chatham; Instructor in Fortifications, Sandhurst; Professor of Artillery and Fortifications, 1882; Inventor of Telescopes and automatic sights; retired, 1892. Address: Forest Lodge, Farnboro, Hants.

Scott, Rev. Robert, M.A., Professor of English Literature, Wilson College, Bombay; b. Banffshire in the north of Scotland; passed M.A., 1875; appointed Professor of Mathematics, Wilson College, Bombay, 1879; Professor of English Literature in the same College, since 1884; Honorary Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch. Address: Bombay, India.

Scott, Ross, M.A., Bar-at-Law, I.C.S.; educ: Armagh Academy, the Royal Academical Institution and Seminary, Belfast, and Queen’s College, Belfast; passed I.C.S. examination, 1871; joined service and arrived in India, 1873; served in the N.W. Provinces in the lower grades; became District and Sessions Judge, 1890; Judicial Commissioner, Oudh, 1901.

Scott-Moncrieff, Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.S.I. (1903); K.C.M.G. (1887), C.S.I. (1878), LL.D. (Edinburgh); b. Scotland, 1836; s. of late Robert Scott-Moncrieff, Fossaway; educ: Edinburgh Academy, H.E.I.C. Military College, Addiscombe; entered Bengal Engineers, 1856; retired with rank of Colonel, 1883; engaged in Suppression of Indian Mutiny in Oudh Campaign 1858-59; Chief Engineer, Burma; Under Secretary of State, Public Works, Cairo, 1883-92; Under Secretary for Scotland, 1892-1902; President of Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901-03. Publication: Irrigation in Southern Europe. Address: 11, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. Club: Athenaeum.

Scott-Moncrieff, Major-General George Kenneth, C.B. (1907); C.I.E. (1900), b. 1855; s. of Major A. P. Scott-Moncrieff; educ: at Edinburgh Academy and Woolwich; entered the Royal Engineers; served in Afghan Campaigns, 1878-80; Waziristan, 1901; Instructor, School of Military Engineering, 1893-98; Commanded R.E. China Expeditionary Force, 1900-01; Commandant, R.E. Dublin Dt., 1904-06; Assistant Director of Fortifications and the Works at the Head-Quarters, 1906; Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command, 1909-11; Director of Fortifications and Works, India Office: Brigadier-General, 1011. Address: Shalford, Guildford, Surrey; Newhalls, St. Andrews, N.B. Club: National.

Scott, O’Connor, V. C., B.A., F.S.S., Accountant-General for Rail-

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