Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff (24 April 1840 – 3 March 1909) was a Scottish judge who succeeded to the title

Baron Moncreiff Baron Moncreiff, of Tulliebole Castle, Tulliebole in the County of Kinross, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 9 January 1874 for the lawyer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Mon ...

Life

Moncreiff was born in

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, the elder son of

James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff of Tullibole LLD (29 November 1811 – 27 April 1895) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. Life Moncreiff was born on 29 November 1811 to Ann, daughter of George Robertson, R. N. and Sir James Wellwood Mon ...

and his wife Isabella Bell, daughter of Robert Bell, Procurator of the Church of Scotland. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and was admitted at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

on 22 March 1858. He was awarded BA in 1862 and LL.B. in 1864 Moncreiff was admitted as an advocate in 1863 and was Advocate-Depute in 1866, from 1868 to 1874 and in 1881. He was

Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute Renfrew (; sco, Renfrew; gd, Rinn Friù) is a town west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's forme ...

from 1881 to 1888. In 1888 he became a

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, Scotland, with the judicial title of Lord Wellwood. He succeeded to the title

on the death of his father on 27 April 1895. In July 1901 he became

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. He was author of ''Review in Criminal Cases''. He lived at Tullibole Castle, near

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in Kinrossshire. Moncreiff married firstly on 3 April 1866 Susan Wilhelmine Dick-Cunyngham, daughter of Sir William Hanmer Dick-Cunyngham, 8th Baronet. She was affectionately known as Minna. She died aged only 26. He married secondly on 26 March 1873, Millicent Julia Fryer, daughter of Colonel Frederick Daniel Fryer, of

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, Newmarket. She also died relatively young, in 1881, aged only 35. He had no children and was succeeded by his brother

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

. He is buried with his two wives in the south-east corner of

Grange Cemetery The Grange (originally St Giles' Grange) is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and Marchmont to the north, and Blackford Hil ...

. The stone bears a low-relief portrait of his young wife Minna.

References

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moncreiff, Henry Moncreiff, 2nd Baron 1840 births 1909 deaths Nobility from Edinburgh People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Faculty of Advocates Wellwood Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Lord-Lieutenants of Kinross-shire Scottish sheriffs 19th-century Scottish judges Lawyers from Edinburgh