Thomas Scott Sutherland

Immediately afterwards he began his own practice in partnership with civil engineer I D McAndrew at 13 Bridge Street, Aberdeen.

He had been appointed architect to the County Education Authority (District 5) in 1927 where he had been responsible for 22 schools, as well designing as some 250 private houses.

Then he bought and demolished 250 and 252 Union Street for the sum of £1,400, and built on the site Amicable House, costing £16,000, in the art deco style.

[9] As he became more successful Scott Sutherland was able to invest in fledgling businesses and ultimately was a director of about forty companies in and around Aberdeen.

[1] Over his lifetime, the businesses in which he had an interest ranged from orthopaedic footwear, miniature golf, furniture, retail, pharmaceutical manufacturing, hotels, whisky distillery and cinemas and theatres.

He visited the USSR behind the iron curtain, the US, the Caribbean, Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East as an ambassador of the city.

[1] It was reported[13] in September 1961 that councillor Scott Sutherland, a "chain smoker" who smoked "between fifty and sixty a day" had tabled a motion for an upcoming council meeting that the Royal Toast be moved forward to after Grace being said at unofficial luncheons, explaining "I have got to sit there gasping for a smoke until they get through the sweet, cheese and biscuits and reach the coffee stage."

[1] In the 1920s and early 1930s Sutherland lived at Beechgrove House, but he sold it to the BBC in 1936 after which it became their studio, replacing their previous one in Belmont Street.

they married in 1950 setting up home in Garthdee House,[17] When he died on 13 June 1963,[1] Scott Sutherland was still a councillor for Ruthrieston Ward, having served more than 28 years in the role.