James Scott-Elliot

Major-General James Scott-Elliot, (6 November 1902 – 12 September 1996) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Scott-Elliot was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers on 1 February 1923. He transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1935 and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1937 to 1938. After this, he served as a General Staff Officer Grade 3 (GSO3) with Scottish Command. After being evacuated from France in June 1940, he became commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in April 1942 and landed with his battalion in North Africa after Operation Torch in December 1942. He went on to serve as commander of the 17th Indian Infantry Brigade and then as commander of the 167th (1st London) Brigade in Italy during the Italian campaign.

After the war, Scott-Elliot commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade

Scott-Elliot served as colonel of the King's Own Scottish Borderers from 1954 to 1961, and as Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries from 1962 to 1967.

Scott-Elliot was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for distinguished services in the field in October 1940, and promoted to Commander of the Order (CBE) for gallant and distinguished services in Italy in 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in November 1943 and a bar in February 1944, He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1954 New Year Honours.

Other interests Scott-Elliot became President of the Dumfries & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, as well as President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland between 1962 and 1967.

Family In 1932 Scott-Elliot married Cecil Margaret Du Buisson; they had one son and two daughters. After being divorced from his first wife, he married Fay Courtauld in 1971.

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