Word: scott
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With everything from a cocktail to a new Scotch tart being named for Lady Alice Scott last week, the austere, technical voice of The Motor rose above the twitter and gush of London society paragraphists. Going to press too early to catch the death of Lady Alice's father which makes it necessary to transform her marriage this week to George V's third son from a public function at Westminster Abbey into a quiet, private affair. The Motor took a knowing Rolls-Royce-eye-view of the royal nuptials thus...
...Both the Duke of Gloucester and his fiancée, Lady Alice Scott, are keen motorists, and it is no secret in Selkirkshire that their engagement was largely the outcome of their joint motoring trips in the beautiful Border country during the past two years...
...Lady Alice is a skilful and experienced driver who has driven constantly since the age of 18, as might be expected, for she belongs to a family of motorists, one of whom, Lord Herbert Scott, is a director of Rolls-Royce, Ltd. She has motored many thousands of miles, both at home and abroad, notably in Kenya, where her uncle has a large estate...
...fond of speed and seldom travels at more than 30 miles an hour; this being one of the reasons why her semi-invalid father, the Duke of Buccleuch, prefers her as a driver to any other member of his family. Another keen motorist in the family is Lord George Scott, the Duke's youngest son, who is often seen driving along the Border roads in a 20-h.p. Armstrong Siddeley...
...years Lady Alice and her sister, Lady Angela Scott, have had friendly arguments as to who is the better driver. Lady Angela is a greater lover of speed than her sister and in her Morris Isis she covers thousands of miles every year...