Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameThomas R Goldie-Scot 
[3, Marriage, Q2 of 1948, Lichfield dist, vol 9b, p. 545]
[3, Marriage, Q2 of 1948, Lichfield dist, vol 9b, p. 545]Birth16 Aug 1909, Pilmuir, East Lothian, Scotland
Death23 Jun 2002, Leith district, Midlothian, Scotland
GeneralSecond Master at Fettes College, Edinburgh.
Spouses
Marriageca May 1948, Lichfield district, Staffs [3, Marriage, Q2 of 1948, Lichfield dist, vol 9b, p. 545]
DNB Main notes for Thomas R Goldie-Scot
From The Scotsman, c.June 2002:
Thomas Robert Goldie-Scott, teacher
Born: 16 August, 1909, at Pilmuir, East Lothian Died: 23 June, 2002, in Edinburgh, aged 92
FOR 40 years, Tom Goldie-Scott gave devoted service to Fettes College in Edinburgh. Generations of boys got to grips with French irregular verbs and German genders under his watchful, but invariably patient, eye. Goldie-Scott somehow brought to the hard graft of learning a foreign language a sense of fun and a feeling of purpose. His own enthusiasm was never over-emphatic or overbearing. His love of languages was wholehearted and genuine. With his dry wit, scholarly appearance and engaging personality, he was rightly considered a legend at Fettes.
Thomas Robert Goldie-Scott - known to countless Fettesians simply and affectionately as Trogs - attended Fettes as a pupil in the mid-Twenties and after working in an Edinburgh bank and the Asiatic Petroleum Company he read languages at London University. In 1932 he became a prep schoolmaster in the south but in 1940 he received a letter from the headmaster of Fettes asking him to join the staff. "I never replied," he admitted years later. "I was so taken by surprise."
However, he did return to Fettes and was to spend the next 40 years there. It was to be a distinguished and impressive career. The early years were exceptionally difficult: the war necessitated tremendous strictures being placed on large boarding schools: food and fuel were in short supply. In the classroom, Goldie-Scott proved a benign disciplinarian. He set down the ground rules and expected his class to abide by them.
The tribute in The Fettesian magazine when Goldie-Scott retired, in 1980 mentioned "his system of discipline was understood; the boys might not have agreed with it, but they respected it, and knew it was fair. As with his teaching, his chief object was to get every boy to give of his best."
His contribution to the school went far beyond the classroom. He was housemaster of College West and, after his marriage, of Glencorse. He ran both with an efficient, but caring, charm. Boys (and indeed masters) gravitated to his study to seek advice. Goldie-Scott had a balanced and rational mind that quietly questioned if he felt someone was overstepping the mark or could agree with a burst of enthusiasm. Then there was the laugh. One colleague fondly recalls it as "high-pitched staccato". For such an academic looking man (as if to confirm the image, he often delighted in wearing bow-ties) he could suddenly let out a peel of laughter that echoed round the Fettes corridors. It endeared him to the boys and calmed many a nervous parent.
He was always smart and dapper of dress, and the rimmed spectacles and bald head enhanced the professional impression.
In 1962, Goldie-Scott took over the post of Second Master from Freddy Macdonald (another Fettes doyen) and assumed countless additional administrative responsibilities. He was appointed head of the Modern Language Department in 1977 and was involved in the creation of a language laboratory. His energy level and ability to accept new ideas seemed to have no bounds.
On his retirement, Goldie-Scott stayed close to the school, gardening with zeal and fishing with sly dedication. The fishing was often done in the wilds of Sutherland, where Goldie-Scott greatly loved the Cam Loch, close by Stac Pollaidh.
His memory was remarkable: although latterly, he admitted, he sometimes mixed up the generations. He could remember names and idiosyncrasies with beguiling ease. "He knew exactly who you were and when you had been at Fettes," one former pupil recalled. "Then he lobbed into the conversation something about an obscure appearance in a Savoy Opera - long since forgotten by me!"
Perhaps the most famous son of Fettes that was educated in his time was the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Goldie-Scott was one of the masters responsible for Mr Blair’s ability to chat away to President Chirac and address the French Assembly in French: it all started in Trogs’s O-level French class.
So it is entirely appropriate that Eric Anderson, a much respected former headmaster of Fettes (and, indeed, the man nominated by Mr Blair as the schoolmaster who had particularly influence on him), should speak warmly of his ex-colleague and friend to The Scotsman on hearing of Goldie-Scot’s death.
"I liked him enormously," Mr Anderson said. "He was one of the great schoolmasters of his generation and I learnt a lot from his example. He believed life should be taken seriously but not solemnly. Tom taught well and really understood the young: he was utterly dedicated to them and the school. Generations of Fettesians will remember him with affection. He was a very wise and gracious man."
Goldie-Scott was a man of high integrity, charm and blessed with a pawky sense of humour. These characteristics helped him through some trying last few years in an Edinburgh nursing home when prolonged illness beset him. He faced the rigours of that illness with the same stoic courage and good grace that he had shown throughout his life.
Goldie-Scot’s wife, Josephine, predeceased him. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/tom-goldie-scott-1-611014
Thomas Robert Goldie-Scott, teacher
Born: 16 August, 1909, at Pilmuir, East Lothian Died: 23 June, 2002, in Edinburgh, aged 92
FOR 40 years, Tom Goldie-Scott gave devoted service to Fettes College in Edinburgh. Generations of boys got to grips with French irregular verbs and German genders under his watchful, but invariably patient, eye. Goldie-Scott somehow brought to the hard graft of learning a foreign language a sense of fun and a feeling of purpose. His own enthusiasm was never over-emphatic or overbearing. His love of languages was wholehearted and genuine. With his dry wit, scholarly appearance and engaging personality, he was rightly considered a legend at Fettes.
Thomas Robert Goldie-Scott - known to countless Fettesians simply and affectionately as Trogs - attended Fettes as a pupil in the mid-Twenties and after working in an Edinburgh bank and the Asiatic Petroleum Company he read languages at London University. In 1932 he became a prep schoolmaster in the south but in 1940 he received a letter from the headmaster of Fettes asking him to join the staff. "I never replied," he admitted years later. "I was so taken by surprise."
However, he did return to Fettes and was to spend the next 40 years there. It was to be a distinguished and impressive career. The early years were exceptionally difficult: the war necessitated tremendous strictures being placed on large boarding schools: food and fuel were in short supply. In the classroom, Goldie-Scott proved a benign disciplinarian. He set down the ground rules and expected his class to abide by them.
The tribute in The Fettesian magazine when Goldie-Scott retired, in 1980 mentioned "his system of discipline was understood; the boys might not have agreed with it, but they respected it, and knew it was fair. As with his teaching, his chief object was to get every boy to give of his best."
His contribution to the school went far beyond the classroom. He was housemaster of College West and, after his marriage, of Glencorse. He ran both with an efficient, but caring, charm. Boys (and indeed masters) gravitated to his study to seek advice. Goldie-Scott had a balanced and rational mind that quietly questioned if he felt someone was overstepping the mark or could agree with a burst of enthusiasm. Then there was the laugh. One colleague fondly recalls it as "high-pitched staccato". For such an academic looking man (as if to confirm the image, he often delighted in wearing bow-ties) he could suddenly let out a peel of laughter that echoed round the Fettes corridors. It endeared him to the boys and calmed many a nervous parent.
He was always smart and dapper of dress, and the rimmed spectacles and bald head enhanced the professional impression.
In 1962, Goldie-Scott took over the post of Second Master from Freddy Macdonald (another Fettes doyen) and assumed countless additional administrative responsibilities. He was appointed head of the Modern Language Department in 1977 and was involved in the creation of a language laboratory. His energy level and ability to accept new ideas seemed to have no bounds.
On his retirement, Goldie-Scott stayed close to the school, gardening with zeal and fishing with sly dedication. The fishing was often done in the wilds of Sutherland, where Goldie-Scott greatly loved the Cam Loch, close by Stac Pollaidh.
His memory was remarkable: although latterly, he admitted, he sometimes mixed up the generations. He could remember names and idiosyncrasies with beguiling ease. "He knew exactly who you were and when you had been at Fettes," one former pupil recalled. "Then he lobbed into the conversation something about an obscure appearance in a Savoy Opera - long since forgotten by me!"
Perhaps the most famous son of Fettes that was educated in his time was the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Goldie-Scott was one of the masters responsible for Mr Blair’s ability to chat away to President Chirac and address the French Assembly in French: it all started in Trogs’s O-level French class.
So it is entirely appropriate that Eric Anderson, a much respected former headmaster of Fettes (and, indeed, the man nominated by Mr Blair as the schoolmaster who had particularly influence on him), should speak warmly of his ex-colleague and friend to The Scotsman on hearing of Goldie-Scot’s death.
"I liked him enormously," Mr Anderson said. "He was one of the great schoolmasters of his generation and I learnt a lot from his example. He believed life should be taken seriously but not solemnly. Tom taught well and really understood the young: he was utterly dedicated to them and the school. Generations of Fettesians will remember him with affection. He was a very wise and gracious man."
Goldie-Scott was a man of high integrity, charm and blessed with a pawky sense of humour. These characteristics helped him through some trying last few years in an Edinburgh nursing home when prolonged illness beset him. He faced the rigours of that illness with the same stoic courage and good grace that he had shown throughout his life.
Goldie-Scot’s wife, Josephine, predeceased him. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/tom-goldie-scott-1-611014
Notes for Thomas R & Josephine Lilian (Family)
Their marriage:
Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1948 (>99%)
Goldie-S[co]ot Thomas R Mawle Lichfield 9b 545
Mawle Josephine L Goldie-Scot Lichfield 9b 545
______________
Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1948 (>99%)
Goldie-S[co]ot Thomas R Mawle Lichfield 9b 545
Mawle Josephine L Goldie-Scot Lichfield 9b 545
______________