Michael Scott

Michael Scott was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1960. After worldwide regimental service, he led the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards in the Falklands War and was awarded the DSO. He was subsequently a brigade commander in Northern Ireland and, as a Major General, commanded the Army in Scotland and was appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1993. On leaving the Army, he was selected to be the first Complaints Commissioner to the Bar Council dealing with complaints against barristers. His first book, In Love and War – the Lives of General Sir Harry and Lady Smith, co-written with David Rooney, was published in 2008. A paperback edition, Surrender at New Orleans, followed. His second, Scapegoats - Thirteen Victims of Military Injustice, was published in 2013 and rights sold to the American publishers, Skyhorse, who also brought out an audio book edition. Royal Betrayal was published in 2017 and an option sold to a film company for a possible six part Netflix production for TV. His next book, The Lady of Kabul - Florentia Sale and the Disastrous Retreat of 1842 was published in 2019 by Endeavour Media. Lume Books have now brought out a 3rd edition. In 2023, Marble Hill published his Minding the Law - The hazardous and hilarious world of handling complaints against barristers.