Hamish Scott (17 February 1924 – 12 March 2010) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer.
[4] He was capped for Scotland once in 1950, playing in the Five Nations match against England at Murrayfield Stadium on 18 March 1950.
[4] He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War aboard HMS Scorpion and was involved in escorting duties for the Russian convoy ships in the Arctic Ocean.
[7] In 1949 he was the official photographer for a Himalayan expedition in Nepal which saw the first ascent of Paldor and the discovery of the Tilman Pass.
The expedition included Norgay Tensing and was led by Bill Tilman,[4][7] He took up a post in Malaya with the colonial government as a Marine Biologist, and wrote a book on the fish off the Malaysian coast.