Editing C. P. Scott (section)

===Family===
In 1874, Scott married [[Rachel Scott (women's education reformer)|Rachel Cook]], who had been one of the first undergraduates of the College for Women, [[Hitchin]] (later [[Girton College, Cambridge]]). She died in the midst of the dispute over Taylor's will. Their daughter Madeline married long-time ''Guardian'' contributor [[Charles Edward Montague]]. Scott's eldest son Laurence died in 1908, aged 31, after contracting [[tuberculosis]]. His middle son John became the ''Manchester Guardian''{{'}}s manager and founder of the [[Scott Trust]]. Youngest son Ted, who succeeded his father as editor, drowned in a sailing accident after less than three years in the post. John and Ted Scott jointly inherited the ownership of the Manchester Guardian & Evening News Ltd.; after Ted's death John passed it on to the Scott Trust.

In 1882, having built a new house in [[Darley Dale]] in Derbyshire, [[Sir Joseph Whitworth]] leased [[Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre|The Firs]] in [[Fallowfield]] in Manchester to his friend C. P. Scott.<ref name="fls">[http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/research/facilities/botanicalgrounds/history/ History (Faculty of Life Sciences&nbsp;– The University of Manchester)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007081910/http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/research/facilities/botanicalgrounds/history/ |date=7 October 2006 }}</ref> After Scott's death the house became the property of the [[Victoria University of Manchester|University of Manchester]], and was the Vice-Chancellor's residence until 1991. Scott used to travel into his Cross Street office by bicycle.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Manchester Evening News''; Manchester's Greats. 30 April 1977</ref>

Scott was the grandfather of [[Evelyn Montague]] (1900–1948), the Olympic athlete and journalist depicted in the film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''. Montague, like his grandfather, wrote for the ''Manchester Guardian'', and became its London editor.