John Scott (colonial administrator)
Sir John Scott KBE CMG (24 April 1878 – 19 January 1946)[4][5][6][7] was a British colonial administrator.Scott joined the Ceylon Civil Service as a cadet in 1901[8] before retiring as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlement in 1933.[9] Scott joined the Ceylon Civil Service in November 1901,[7][8] was appointed principal assistant colonial secretary in April 1917 [7] and have been in Ceylon till 1921[6] when he was appointed Deputy Chief Secretary of Nigeria.[10][11] In October 1929, Scott was again sworn in as Officer Administering the Government as Sir Hugh Clifford whose sudden decision to resign from the post of Governor of Straits Settlement.On 23 May 1933, Scott retired and hand over the post of Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements to Andrew Caldecott.