Ian Dixon Scott
# Ian Dixon Scott

Sir Ian Dixon Scott KCMG KCVO CIE (6 March 1909 – 3 March 2002) was a British civil servant and a career diplomat who served as Deputy Private Secretary to the last two Viceroys of India. He was later appointed Ambassador to Congo, Sudan and Norway in the 1960s.

## Writings

* Notes on Chitral (1937)
* Tumbled House: the Congo at independence (1969)
* A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service (1999)

## Personal life

He married, in 1937, Drusilla Lindsay, daughter of Lord Lindsay, the former Master of Balliol. They had a son and four daughters.

## Death

Sir Ian Dixon Scott, died at Aldeburgh on 3 March 2002.

