David Scott-Barrett

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

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.^[1] He served in World War II with the 3rd Tank Battalion in North West Europe.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[2] He served as a company commander with the 2nd Battalion of his Regiment during the Malayan Emergency.^[2] In 1961 he was made an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley^[2] and in 1965 he became a General Staff Officer with 4th Division.^[2] He was made Commander of 6th Infantry Brigade in 1967.^[2]

In 1971 Scott-Barrett was appointed General Officer Commanding Eastern District and in 1973 he became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.^[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1976; he retired in 1979.^[1]

In retirement he became a Director of Arbuthnot Securities.^[1]

He died on 31 December 2004 and is buried in the northern extension to Dean Cemetery on Queensferry Road in Edinburgh. The grave faces north on the northmost path.^[3]

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.^[1]