Edward Taylor Scott (15 November 1883 – 22 April 1932) was a British journalist, who was editor and briefly co-owner of the Manchester Guardian, and the younger son of its editor-owner C. P.
Scott joined the Manchester Guardian in 1913 and became its commercial editor and main writer of leaders on economic policy.
Scott's most important action as editor was to move the paper from its initial position of support for Ramsay MacDonald's National Government towards the opposition.
Scott became joint owner of the Guardian with his brother John after the death of their father on New Year's Day, 1932.
His death put the future independence of the Guardian in doubt, as the Scott family struggled to pay the inheritance taxes.