Fredrick Arthur Scott was born in 1914 to Alfreda and William Scott. Fredrick attended Llewellyn Hall between 1926 and 1930, and McGill University between 1933 and 1938, where he received a Bachelor of Science. In 1939-1940, Fredrick completed his training with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 30 (R.A.F) Squadron, and was deployed to Egypt. Piloting a Spitfire, Pilot Officer Scott was carrying out fighter protection duties over a British convoy, en route to Tobruch when he was shot down in late January 1942. His body was recovered by HMS Hotspur, and Scott received a naval burial at sea, March 5th, 1942. A memorial to Scott is at the El-Alamein War Cemetery, in El-Alamein Egypt.

F.R. Scott was born in Québec City on August 1st, 1899. He led a varied life as a poet, constitutional lawyer, and politician. He completed his schooling at Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, Québec in 1919, taught for one year, and then studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1920. Scott returned to Montréal in 1923 and entered the Law School at McGill University in 1924. During this time he was involved in The McGill Daily Literary Supplement and The McGill Fortnightly Review which he helped to establish. In 1928 he joined the Law Faculty at McGill as Assistant Professor of constitutional and federal law. In 1931-1932, Scott and historian Frank Underhill founded the League for Social Reconstruction, a socialist study group. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was involved in editing and he contributed to a number of literary magazines. Scott was also active with the C.C.F., and published his first collection of poetry, Overture, in 1945. He published Events and Signals in 1954 and Eye of the Needle in 1957. He was appointed Macdonald Professor of Law in 1955 and was Dean of Law from 1961 to 1963. During the 1960s, Scott helped found the New Party, the successor to the C.C.F. and the predecessor to the N.D.P. Following his retirement from active party politics, he served on the Royal Commission on Biculturalism and Bilingualism. In 1977 his Essays on the Constitution won the Governor-General's Award. The same year, Poems of French Canada won the Canada Council translation prize and, three years later, Collected Poems won the Governor General's Award for poetry. Scott passed away in 1985.

Ephraim Scott was the former moderator and one of the fathers of the Presbyterian Churches in Canada. He was born in Hants County and his university education was from Dalhousie University, earning his BA degree 1870 and Masters in 1875. Scott also took Theological courses at the Presbyterian College in Halifax at this time. Ephraim became an ordained Presbyterian Minister in 1875. Rev. Scott was thrice honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity from, The Presbyterian College, Halifax, the United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, and the Free Church College, Edinburgh. While in Montreal, Rev. Ephraim Scott merged his two publications into the Presbyterian Record. Ephraim succeeded in keeping the Presbyterian Church from joining the Unity movement. In 1921, Scott was elected moderator of the General assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Ephraim was twice married, first in 1876 to Margaret Ann “Annie” McKeen (1854-1884) of Gay River, Halifax (N.S) where they lived for a number of years. She was a descendant of Bonnie Prince Charlie of Scotland. They had three sons, Arthur (1887-1916), George Walker Scott (Nov. 1878-1913), William James Scott (1881-1917) Ephraim and Margaret moved to Montreal in 1891. Margaret died January 28, 1894 of tuberculosis at 39 years old. Rev. Scott married his second wife, Annie Roy (1863-1928) a school teacher from Pictou County, Nova Scotia and they had no children. Scott died on August 7, 1931 was interred in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Duncan Campbell Scott was born in Ottawa and educated in Ottawa public schools and at Stanstead College. At the age of seventeen, he joined the federal Department of Indian Affairs as a clerk. He rose through the ranks to the position of deputy superintendent in 1923 and he retired in 1932. Scott was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1899, where he served as honorary secretary (1911-1921) and as president (1921-1922). Apart from lyrics inspired by nature, Scott's verse explores the themes of the Canadian Indian, lumbermen "At the ceders", and historical events. He published eight collections of poetry, including The Magic House and Other Poems (1893), Lundy's Lane (1916) and The Circle of Affection (1947), as well as short stories and biographies. Scott also edited and wrote introductions to the poetry of Archibald Lampman.

Dorothy Anne Scott was born on October 22, 1909 at the Presbyterian Mission in Changetho, Hunan Province, China. Dorothy arrived in Montreal with her parents in 1912. Dorothy and her brother Fred Scott attended Llewellyn School for Missionaries in Oshawa ON., between 1926 and 1930. Dorothy and Freda traveled across Europe in 1930 which they documented with both travel diaries and numerous photos. She married JR Philips at the Melville Presbyterian church in Westmount on May 24, 1934 and in 1937 have a daughter, Nancy. The family lived at 4946 Grosvenor Ave., Westmount until 1939 then moved to Brockville, ON. Dorothy died February 19, 1998 at the age of 89 and is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery.

Charles Prestwich Scott was born on October 26, 1846, in Bath, Somerset, England.

He was a British journalist, editor, publisher, and Liberal politician. He was educated at Clapham Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A., 1869). In 1870, he went to Edinburgh for a six-month apprenticeship at The Scotsman. His cousin John Taylor, who ran the London office of the Manchester Guardian, offered Scott the post of editor in 1872. Scott already enjoyed a familial connection with the paper; its founder, John Edward Taylor, was his uncle, and at the time of his birth, his father, Russell Scott, was the paper's owner, though he later sold it back to Taylor's sons. Scott remained the editor of the Manchester Guardian until 1929, the longest editorship of a national newspaper anywhere in the world. In 1895, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Leigh. He was an advocate for women's suffrage and the reform of the House of Lords. In 1899, Scott strongly opposed the Boer War through the use of the Guardian. He retired from Parliament in 1906 and became the owner of the Manchester Guardian in 1907. His lifetime of service established the Manchester Guardian as a preeminent paper, acknowledged not only as a significant national paper in Britain but also recognized around the world. In 1923, Scott was made an honorary Fellow of his Oxford College, and in 1930, a Freeman of the City of Manchester.

In 1874, he married Rachel Susan Cook (1848–1905). He died on January 1, 1932, in Fallowfield, Lancashire, England.