Kenneth Scott (courtier)

Sir Kenneth Scott KCVO CMG
Deputy Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1990–1996
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Secretary	Robert Fellowes
Preceded by	Robert Fellowes
Succeeded by	Robin Janvrin
Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1985–1990
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Secretary	Philip Moore William Heseltine
Deputy Secretary	William Heseltine Robert Fellowes
Preceded by	Robert Fellowes
Succeeded by	Robin Janvrin
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-23)23 January 1931
Died	23 February 2018(2018-02-23) (aged 87) Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Children	2

Sir Kenneth Bertram Adam Scott KCVO CMG (23 January 1931 – 23 February 2018) was the Deputy Private Secretary to Elizabeth II between 1990 and 1996.

Career

Born on 23 January 1931, he was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh (Governor, 1997–present) and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with an MA (Hons).

After university, Scott joined the Diplomatic Service and served in posts including Moscow, Bonn, Washington and Brussels. He was Ambassador to Yugoslavia in 1982–85.

He was the Queen's Assistant Private Secretary 1985–90 and Deputy Private Secretary 1990–96, during which time he mostly lived in an apartment in St James's Palace. In 1996, after retirement from the Royal Household, he spent nine months in Sarajevo as Chairman of the Provisional Election Commission which organised the first democratic elections in Bosnia after the 1992–95 war. He remained an Extra Equerry to the Queen in retirement. He was made a KCVO in the 1990 New Year Honours, and a CMG in the 1980 Birthday Honours.

In 2010 he was author of the book St James's Palace: A History, by Scala Publishers (ISBN 9781857596595, ISBN 978-1-85759-659-5).

He died on 23 February 2018 at the age of 87.