Sir John Scott, 5th Baronet

Sir Walter John "Johnny" Scott, 5th Baronet (born 1948) succeeded his father Sir Walter Scott as baronet in 1992.^[1] He is a natural historian, broadcaster, columnist, countryside campaigner and farmer.

He is currently:

Joint Master, The North Pennine Hunt
Founder Member, The Cholmondeley Coursing Club
President, The Union of Country Sports Workers
President, The Gamekeepers Welfare Trust
President, The Tay Valley Wildfowlers Association
Vice President, The Heather Trust
Patron, The Sporting Lucas Terrier Association
Patron, The Wildlife Ark Trust
Centenary Patron, British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Patron, The National Association of Beaters and Pickers Up
Board member, The European Squirrel Federation

Sir John is best known for writing and co-presenting the BBC2 series Clarissa and the Countryman, with the late Clarissa Dickson Wright.^[2] He currently writes for a variety of magazines and periodicals on field sports, food, farming, travel, history and the countryside.

Marriage

He was married to Lowell Goddard in 1969 and they had one daughter, born in 1970; the marriage later ended in divorce. In 1977 he married Mary Gavin Anderson.^[3]

Publications

Clarissa and the Countryman, television series for BBC2
Clarissa and the Countryman Sally Forth, television series for BBC2
A Sunday Roast, Headline Ltd 2003
The Game Cookbook, Kyle Cathie Ltd. London 2004
A Greener Life]], Kyle Cathie Ltd. London 2005
A Book of Britain, Collins 2010

References

↑ Mosley, Edited (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 3543. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
↑ Johnny Scott on IMDb
↑ Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed 22 March 2016.

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