J. W. Robertson Scott

John William Robertson Scott CH (born in Wigton, Cumberland on 20 April 1866, died Idbury, Oxfordshire on 21 December 1962) was a British journalist and author, best known for his writings on rural affairs, and a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

[1] His father was David Young Crozier Scott (1844–1887), a commercial traveller and advocate of temperance, and his mother was Janet Robertson (1843–1905).

When a child, his family moved to Carlisle and then Birmingham, when his father became head of the Independent Order of Good Templars.

[1] After freelancing for various publications including the Manchester Guardian, he received a staff position on the Birmingham Gazette but left when he indicated he would not write any articles supporting the Conservative Party or its causes.

[3] His best-selling book was England's Green and Pleasant Land (1925)[1] "a scorching condemnation of the agricultural workers' conditions of life"[4] which described problems with rural housing.