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Sir Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, (3 September 1900 – 25 November 1980) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1955 to 1957.

Early life and education

Scott-Moncrieff was born in

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, Argentina, the eldest son of Robert Lawrence Scott-Moncrieff and Victorine Troutbeck, whose father, John Brown Troutbeck, had settled in Buenos Aires. He was a cousin of Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff. He was educated at the Royal Naval College at

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and Dartmouth.

Naval career

When still a teenager, Scott-Moncrieff joined the

in 1917, in the last year of the

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, serving as a

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in . Scott-Moncrieff also served in the

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of and then as Chief Signals Officer to Admiral

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at Combined Operations Headquarters in 1941 before becoming captain of in 1942. After the war, Scott-Moncrieff was made Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies and then commanded from 1949. He was made

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of the Naval Advisory Committee at the

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in 1950 and second-in-command

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and commander of 5th Cruiser Squadron in 1951. He was appointed Commander of the Commonwealth Naval Forces serving in the

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in 1952 and Admiral commanding the Reserves in 1953. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1955; in September 1955 he paid an official visit to Australia.Navy chief off to Australia
''The Straits Times'', 13 September 1955, Page 2 He retired in 1958.

References

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