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      Hello I’m Robert. I am the great great grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott. I hope you enjoy browsing my blog.
      My sister and I manage our family business Watts & Co. (which was founded by George Gilbert Scott Junior).

      A special thank you to Dr. Ian Toplis for all his research found on this website

    • Some facts about the Scott family
      1

      The Scott family have designed cathedrals on 5 continents including Africa, Asia, Europe,  North America & Australia.

      2

      Two members of the Scott family feature on the new British passport. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Elizabeth Scott.

      3

      Sir George Gilbert Scott is buried in Westminster Abbey in a grave, which he would have been pleased to learn, unearthed some of the earliest Roman remains discovered in the Abbey

      4

      The iconic red telephone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who took inspiration from Sir John Soane’s wife mausoleum.

      5

      Sir George Gilbert Scott at the age of just 33 built the tallest building in the world (At the time, St Nicholas’s Cathedral in Hamburg)

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