Editing Robert Falcon Scott (section)

=== Family ===
[[File:Robert Falcon Scott aged 13.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Scott as a naval cadet, 1882]]
Scott was born on 6 June 1868, the third of six children and elder son of John Edward, a brewer and magistrate, and Hannah ({{née}} Cuming) Scott of [[Stoke Damerel]], near [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]]. There were also naval and military traditions in the family, Scott's grandfather and four uncles all having served in the army or navy.{{sfn|Crane|2005|pp=14–15}} John Scott's prosperity came from the ownership of a small [[Plymouth]] brewery which he had inherited from his father and subsequently sold.{{sfn|Crane|2005|p=22}} Scott's early childhood years were spent in comfort, but some years later, when he was establishing his naval career, the family suffered serious financial misfortune.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/race-to-the-end-of-the-earth/scott-s-expedition |title=Scott's Expedition|website= American Museum of Natural History|access-date= 15 June 2014}}</ref> 

In accordance with the family's tradition, Scott and his younger brother Archie were predestined for careers in the armed services. Scott spent four years at a local day school before being sent to [[Stubbington House School]] in Hampshire, a [[cram school|cramming establishment]] that prepared candidates for the entrance examinations to the naval training ship {{HMS|Britannia|1869|6}} at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]. Having passed these exams Scott began his naval career in 1881, as a 13-year-old cadet.{{sfn|Fiennes|2003|p=17}} One of his older sisters was [[Ettie Ellison-Macartney]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 1913 |title=LADY ELLISON-MACARTNEY |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10279839 |accessdate=22 September 2024 |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Tasmania, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XCVIII |issue=13,418}}</ref>

In ''[[The Worst Journey in the World]]'', author [[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]] claims that "physically Scott had been a delicate boy but developed into a strong man, 5 feet 9 inches in height, 11 stone 6 lbs. in weight, with a chest measurement of 39¼ inches."