 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Scott akaberekwa musi waAugust 1, 1899, muQuebec City, ari wechitanhatu pavana vanomwe. Baba vake vakanga vari Frederick George Scott, mupristi weAnglican, mudetembi muduku uye mutsigiri akasimba wetsika yokuvandudza yeBritain youmambo, uyo akaisa mumwanakomana wake kuzvipira kubatira rudzi rwomunhu, rudo rwokuzadzikisira kunovandudza kwenzvimbo yeLaurentian uye ruremekedzo rwakasimba nokuda kwegadziriro yomunzanga. Akapupurira mhirizhonga muguta racho mukati meCrisis of Conscription ya1917. 