Son of Vi­car Al­fred Gat­ty of Ec­cles­field, Al­fred as­sumed his mo­ther’s maid­en name, Scott, in 1892. He at­tend­ed Marl­bo­rough and Christ’s Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, achieved some fame in the field of her­ald­ry (Rouge Dra­gon 1880, York Herald of the Coll­ege of Arms, 1886-1904), and was knight­ed in 1904. He wrote hund­reds of songs, plus:

• Sandford and Merton’s Christmas Party, an op­er­et­ta, 1880
• Not at Home, an op­er­et­ta, 1888
• Rumpelstiltskin, a mu­sic­al for child­ren
• The Goose Girl, a mu­sic­al for child­ren, 1895
• The Three Bears, a mu­sic­al for child­ren, 1896
• Little Songs for Little Voices
• Planta­tion Songs, 1893-5

Sources

Music

1. Welwyn