LADY SCOTT’S MARRIAGE.

Wairarapa Age, 15 March 1922, Page 2

LADY SCOTT’S MARRIAGE.

TO A HELIO OF THE WAH. | The. cab l egr am s a few days ago recorded tho marriage of Lady Scott, widow of Captain Hebert Falcon Scott, 11. N., C.V.0., the gallant leader of the Antarctic Expedition, which met with disaster in 1912, to Lieuten-ant-Commander E. Hilton Young, D. 5.0., D.S.C., M.P., youngest son of Sir George Young, Bt., of Formosa, Oookham, aim Lady Young. Lady Scott received the rank of a K.C.B.’s widow by Royal Warrant in, recognition of her husband’s work. Lieutenant-Commander Young is Fin-ancial-Secretary to the Treasury, and is Liberal member for the City of Norwich. He has a splendid war record, for between 1914-1919 he was in the Iron Duke and the Centaur, and he was one of the officers in the Vindictive when she took part in the Zeebrugge enterprise. During the operations he was severely wounded, and thought himself fortunate to escape with the los s of his right arm only. His reward on this occasion was the D.S.O. He also served with the British Mission in Serbia, where he won the Serbian Medal for gallantry, while for “great initiative, gallantry, and dash when in command of an armoured train during operations at Archangel,’’ he wa s awarded the D.S.O. Lieutenant-Commander Young was educated at Eton iand at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1904, practising in the King’s Bench Division and on the Oxford Circuit. But journalism rather than law was afterwards his vocation. Formerly a financial editor, he is now, at the age of 43, one of the financial lights serving under Sir Robert Horne at the Treasury. He has a cool head, a lucid manner in replying to questions, and is a general favourite with members. Lady Scott, who is a daughter of the late Canon Lloyd Stewart Bruce, of Stokesley, Yorks, has done much successful work as a sculptor, and has designed several well-known public monuments. One of her principal works is the s tatue of her late husband in Waterloo-place, and another public monument to the hero of the I Antarctic is at Portsmouth. Among her sitters have been Mr Asquith, Colonet Lawrence, and the late Amer- ' ican Ambassador. For 11 months ! during the war, Lady Scott made I munitions in a big factory, and her • industry and influence, stimulated the output by the girls of her section. During 1916 she was private secretary to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Pensions. With regard to her sculptural talent, this is partly traceable to her descent. Her mother was a Skene, a half-Greek, i and her grandmother came from one | of th© most aristocratic Greek famil- | ias. From her earliest years the grandmother imbibed the love of Greek art, and this has descended to Lady Scott. Lady Scott has travelled extensively in Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Australia, the West Indies, and other parts of the world. The marriage of Lady Scott recalls the poignant message in which Cap- | tain Scott left his wife and child to ' the care of his fellow countrymen. Tlie boy, Peter Scott, is now quite a* sturdy lad of about 12. His father desired that he should become a I “strenuous man,” and he shows every promise of realising that wish. In the tent where Captain Scott waited eight days for death with Dr. Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers, the search party found the leader’s diary, in which Captain Scott, on March 25, 1912, after detailing the causes of the disaster, wrote: —“Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions winch would have ; stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our I dead bodies must tell the tale; but I surely a great, rich country like ours I will see that those who are dependent i upon us are properly provided for.” Lady Scott received a Civil Service I annuity of £lOO. =====