John A. Scrimgeour

In 1881 was a 8 year old scholar living with his family at 1 Queens Gate; Kensington, London (England Census)

In 1901 was living with his brother Alexander Scrimgeour (Head of house) in the Rectory, Wickhambreux, Kent and their families

Long before the Angling Club was started, fishing was popular on the Rother at Stedham. In the years immediately following the First World War, permission to fish could be obtained from John Scrimgeour, who lived at Stedham Hall and owned most of the land there about. He and his friends fished for trout, mostly on the fast water below Stedham Mill.Pike were plentiful in those days and an obvious threat to the trout. Sid Harper (father of Ron) was paid 2/6 a head by John Scrimgeour for every pike he caught. Others too were occasionally paid for killing pike; Bert West recalls collecting half a crown for a 12lb pike he caught at the bridge, not with a carbon rod and nylon line, but with a four penny line from Newmans (the village shop) tied to a short stick. Good size roach, perch and dace were also caught and night lines set for pike and eels.