Philippa Scott

Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (née Talbot-Ponsonby;[1] 22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British champion of wildlife conservation.

Philippa Scott
Born
Felicity Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby

(1918-11-22)22 November 1918
Bloemfontein
Died5 January 2010(2010-01-05) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
OccupationDirector of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Known forBletchley Park, Conservationist

Personal life

Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Philippa later moved to England, and worked in the code school at Bletchley Park during World War II.[2] She married Sir Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1951 after an expedition to ring pink-footed geese.[3] She died, aged 91, in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.[4]

Career

Scott was Honorary Director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, founded in 1948 by Sir Peter. She had a keen interest in nature and the environment and wrote numerous books about her travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic.[5]

Scott was also professional wildlife photographer, President of the Nature in Art Trust,[6] scuba diver [7] and an associate of the Royal Photographic Society.

Publications
  • The Art of Peter Scott (completely revised in 2008)
  • Lucky Me (autobiographical)
  • So Many Sunlit Hours (autobiographical)

Quotes
  • "The Scott partnership put conservation on the map, at a time when conservation was not a word that most people understood." - Sir David Attenborough[8]

Portrait of Philippa Scott

Scott agreed to sit for a portrait head in clay by Jon Edgar at her home in Slimbridge in February 2007 as part of the sculptor's environmental series[9] of heads. A bronze was unveiled at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust visitor centre on 6 December 2011.

References
  1. The Peerage.org
  2. "Lady Scott". WWF. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. "Wildlife conservation champion Philippa Scott dies". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  4. "Lady Scott: conservationist and photographer". The Times. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  5. "Philippa Scott". WildFilmHistory. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. "Nature in Art - Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  7. http://www.wwt.org.uk/about-us/our-founder/in-memory-of-lady-scott-1918-2010/lady-scott-1918-2010
  8. Quote on the BBC News website
  9. authors, various (2008). Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008. UK: Hesworth Press. ISBN 978-0-9558675-0-7.
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