George Fitz-Paine SCOTT

Biography

Charles Scott was one of the earliest European Settlers in SIngapore - arriving in 1820, one year after the founding by Sir Stamford Raffles. He went on to form a partnership with Raffles good friend, William Napier in the firm Napier & Scott. He was also merchant and Magistrate according to the book Toponymics: a study of Singapore street names? - Page 341

Victor R. Savage, Brenda S. A. Yeoh

Charles Scott has been mentioned in the private journal of John Crawfurd in their meeting in 1822 Journal of an embassy from the governor-general of India to the ..., Volume 1 By John Crawfurd

Crawfurd also goes on to relate his closeness to Robertt Scott and he being a most experienced and most intelligent merchant from Penang.

Scotts Hill (now Ang Siang Hill near Pearl's Hill in Chinatown) is named after his

relative,Charles Scott who owned the Raeburn Estate in Singapore

Ann Siang Hill

Ann Siang Hill is one of the small hills along the coastal areas of Singapore's Chinatown. Collectively, these hills are known as Telok Ayer Hills, named after the bay that was once there, and includes Ann Siang Hill, Mount Wallich and Mount Erskine. Mount Wallich and Mount Erskine were levelled in the 1890s to use as landfill when the Telok Ayer Basin was reclaimed. Only Ann Siang Hill was left standing.

Ann Siang Hill had changed name twice. It was originally called Scott's Hill, after Charles Scott who owned a clove and nutmeg plantation there. Ownership passed to John Gemmill, and the hill was renamed Gemmill Hill. In 1894, it was sold to Chia Ann Siang, a wealthy Malacca-born landowner, and once again the name changed, to Ann Siang Hill. It remains Ann Siang Hill to this day.