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Osmund Scott
English cricketer and golfer
The Hon. Osmund Scott (24 March 1876 – 9 September 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire in 1905.[1] Scott was also a golfer; he was runner-up in the 1905 Amateur Championship.[2]
Osmund Scott was the son of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, and the fifth of seven children. He attended Winchester College.[3] Among his siblings were Lady Margaret Scott, an early women's golf champion, and Michael Scott, who won the Amateur Championship in 1933.[3] He married Mary Cecilia Stuart, and had seven children of his own.[3]
Scott served in World War I between 1916 and 1918 with the Royal Army Service Corps.[3]