John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon GCVO DL JP (29 March 1899 – 20 October 1976) was a British Royal Auxiliary Air Force officer, peer and courtier.

His maternal grandparents were Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and Alice Mary Blundell, daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell.

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He served as a Lord-in-Waiting to Elizabeth II between 1952 and 1968, participating in that role in her coronation in 1953, and was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon from 1957 to 1966.

In the 1963 New Year Honours he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.