Editing Peter Scott (section)

==Civilian honours==
Having been appointed a military MBE in the [[1942 Birthday Honours]],<ref name="LG 5 June 1942" /> he was promoted to [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in the Civil Division (CBE) in the [[1953 Coronation Honours]].<ref name="LG 26 May 1953">{{London Gazette |issue=39863 |date=26 May 1953 |pages=2953–2956  |supp=y }}</ref> Having been appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1973 New Year Honours]] for services to conservation and the environment, he was knighted by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] during a ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 27 February 1973.<ref name="LG 6 March 1973">{{London Gazette |issue=45923 |date=6 March 1973 |page=2989 }}</ref> In the [[1987 Birthday Honours]], he was appointed to the [[Order of the Companions of Honour]] as a Member (CH) "for services to conservation".<ref name="LG 12 June 1987">{{London Gazette |issue=50948 |date=12 June 1987 |page=16 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1987 he was also elected Fellow of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=Chris |last2=Rees |first2=Eileen C. |date=2022 |title=Sir Peter Markham Scott CH. 14 September 1909 — 29 August 1989 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=73|pages=421–443 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2022.0019 |s2cid=251071319 |doi-access=free }}</ref>