David Scott-Barrett

Lieutenant General Sir David William Scott-Barrett KBE MC (16 December 1922 – 31 December 2003) was General Officer Commanding Scotland.

Military career

The son of Brigadier Hugh Scott-Barrett, Judge Advocate General of the Army of the Rhine, who was later ordained, David Scott-Barrett was educated at Westminster School and was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1942. He served in World War II with the 3rd Tank Battalion in North West Europe. In April 1945 he distinguished himself near Lüneburg by holding his position against determined German tank and infantry counter-attacks and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions.

After the War he became a General Staff Officer at HQ Guards Division and in 1948 was appointed an equerry to the Duke of Gloucester. He served as a company commander with the 2nd Battalion of his Regiment during the Malayan Emergency. In 1961 he was made an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley and in 1965 he became a General Staff Officer with 4th Division. He was made Commander of 6th Infantry Brigade in 1967.

In 1971 Scott-Barrett was appointed General Officer Commanding Eastern District and in 1973 he became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin. He was appointed General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1976; he retired in 1979.

In retirement he became a Director of Arbuthnot Securities.

He is buried in the 20th century (north) extension to Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh on its eastern side.

Family

He married Marie Elise Morris in 1948; they had three sons. Following the death of his first wife he married Judith Rogerson Waring in 1992, who survived him.