John Russell Scott

John Russell Scott (12 July 1879 – 5 April 1949) was a British publisher and media proprietor. As managing director and later chairman and governing director of The Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd, he oversaw the 1924 acquisition of the Manchester Evening News by the Manchester Guardian, bringing both titles under common ownership. In 1936 he created the Scott Trust to preserve the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian "as nearly as may be upon the same principles" on which it had been run before.