MCNAIR SCOTT, Nigel Guthrie 1945-2023
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He was s of Maj Ronald Guthrie MCNAIR SCOTT 1904-95 sometime head of that gentry family of Huish House and Hon Mary Cecilia BERRY 1906-96 d of 1st Viscount CAMROSE 1879-1954 and Mary Agnes (Dec) 1882-1962 d of Thomas CORNS 1842-1915 by his 27 Feb 1882 m (St Mark’s, Marylebone) to Agnes BENNETT 1857-1947. He m 1968 Anna Margaret b 1946 d of William Reginald COLQUHOUN 1899-1971 and Ruth Veronica 1916-2003 d of Sir Bernard Eyre GREENWELL 2nd Bt 1874-1939 and Anna Elizabeth 1873-1957 d of Adm Sir (Francis) Leopold McCLINTOCK KCB 1819-1907 scion of that Irish gentry family of co Antrim &c and Annette Elizabeth 1840-1920 d of Robert Foster DUNLOP JP c1809-75 of Monasterboice House, co Louth, scion of the Irish gentry family DELAP of Monellan, and Hon Anna Elizabeth SKEFFINGTON 1817-1901 d of the 2nd Viscount FERRARD c1772-1843 and Viscountess MASSEREENE in her own right d 1831, and had four sons as above.
Obit in the Times of 11 April 2023
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Nigel McNair Scott obituary
Gregarious businessman whose property enterprise made a fortune that he then injected into the space industry
… Nigel Guthrie McNair Scott was born in 1945, the fifth child of Major Ronald McNair Scott. His mother, Mary, was the eldest daughter of the first Viscount Camrose, proprietor of The Daily Telegraph (always known as Poppa in the nursery). In Nigel’s babyhood the family moved to Huish, an estate bordering the Camrose stately home, Hackwood Park in Hampshire.
All fair in appearance, they were intensely literate: Major Ronnie wrote biographies of his heroes Alfred the Great and Robert the Bruce. Two of Nigel’s older sisters, Linda and Valerie, later published books — the latter, who died in January, married Thomas Pakenham.
They remained close to their many Berry cousins, and were conscious of the newspaper empire heritage. It was a sadness to them all when, in 1985, the Telegraph had to be sold to Conrad Black. The children grew up in a conventional upper-class, almost Mitfordesque rural environment. Their father was for a time a master of foxhounds, though his sons never cared for foxhunting. There was a lot of shooting, at which Nigel excelled.
He was educated at Eton, where he was a scholar and attained six A-levels, then Christ Church, Oxford, which he left with a second in PPE and the most important relationship of his life. He met Anna Colquhoun, daughter of an Eton housemaster studying at Lady Margaret Hall, when she was sharing a flat in Fyfield Road with Sarah Boyd-Carpenter, today Baroness Hogg, who became a lifelong friend. Thereafter, though his wit attracted admirers, he never looked seriously at another woman. He and Anna were married in 1968 and enjoyed a seemingly perfect partnership, not least at the bridge table…
… He moved back to Hampshire, taking over the Huish estate on his father’s death in 1995. Anna served for 20 years on Hampshire county council. It delighted them both when McNair Scott became 2011-12 high sheriff simultaneously with his wife assuming the council chairmanship…
… Anna survives him with their four sons. Robert is a company director in Canada; Alastair is a sustainability consultant; David is a tech entrepreneur and director of Reaction Engines; and Benjamin is a Church of England priest and chaplain of St Catherine’s School, Bramley, in Surrey, who has published a book on Christian apostolates…
…He commanded a wide circle of friends, some dating back to Eton and Oxford, others to his country life both in England and the Highlands, to which he travelled every August.
Nigel McNair Scott, businessman, was born on September 6, 1945. He died of a brain aneurysm after a fall on April 7, 2023, aged 77
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nigel-mcnair-scott-obituary-sjlcfnzwk
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From the Telegraph of 3 May 2023: MCNAIR SCOTT Nigel Guthrie died unexpectedly on 7th April 2023, aged 77. Dearly loved by his wife, Anna, and his four sons and their families. He will be greatly missed. There will be a Memorial Service at 3 p.m. on 25th May in Winchester Cathedral.