Major-General Sir Francis Cunningham Scott, KCB, KCMG (1834 – 26 June 1902) was a British Army officer who commanded in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1895–1896.
He served with this regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856), where he took part in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), including the battles of Alma (20 September 1854) and Balaclava (25 October 1854).
Seven years later, he took part in the First Ashanti Expedition in 1874, for which he was mentioned in despatches, appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), and received a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel on 1 April 1874.
In 1891 he was appointed inspector-general of the Gold Coast constabulary, and the following year led an expedition against the Ijebu Kingdom, which ended in occupation of their capital and its future annexation to the colony of Southern Nigeria.
Among the dead was Queen Victoria's son-in-law, Prince Henry of Battenberg, who was taken ill before getting to Kumashi and died on 20 January on board ship, returning to England.