John Murray Scott

Sir John Edward Arthur Murray Scott, 1st Baronet of Connaught Place (1847–1912) was a British art historian and collector.

The collection consisted of the works of art in Hertford House in 1897, when Lady Wallace left them to Scott.

[1] Between 1903 and 1909 Scott built Nether Swell Manor in Gloucestershire as his country house, to the design of the architect Guy Dawber.

[19] Sir John Scott died of a heart attack whilst attending a meeting at Hertford House,[20] unmarried and without issue.

[1][20] It was believed by Scott's relatives that Victoria had exerted undue influence over him, and they challenged the will in court "in a blaze of publicity", but were unsuccessful.

[21] Jane Allen (2008)[22] believes that "Lady Wallace had left her fortune to John Murray Scott simply because the family had become supportive friends.