John Oldrid Scott (1841-1913)

Born in London, the second son of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and father of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), he trained with his brother, George jnr, in his father’s office from 1860. He assumed complete control of the business after his brother’s suicide in 1897, and followed closely in his fathers ‘Gothic’ footsteps, becoming noted for his many churches throughout England.