Moncrieff may refer to:

Family name Moncreiff

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 ...

, title in the peerage of the U.K. *

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 ...

Henry Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff (24 April 1840 – 3 March 1909) was a Scottish judge who succeeded to the title Baron Moncreiff. Life Moncreiff was born in Edinburgh, the elder son of James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff and h ...

Francis Moncreiff (bishop) Francis Hamilton Moncreiff (29 September 1906 – 3 September 1984) was an Anglican bishop. Early life and education Moncreiff was born in North Berwick, East Lothian, the son of James Hamilton Moncreiff. He was educated at Shrewsbury and then ...

(1906-1984) Anglican bishop *

Moncreiffe baronets There have been three baronetcies created for people with the surname Moncreiffe or Moncreiff, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the titles are dormant, as the heir has not proved his des ...

, three baronetcies

Family name Moncrieff

* Alexander Bain Moncrieff, Irish-Australian engineer *

Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff FRSE (14 August 1870 – 5 August 1949), was a Scottish lawyer and judge, who was created a Senator of the College of Justice. Life Alexander Moncrieff was the third son of Hope Margaret Pattison and her hus ...

, Scottish judge * Colonel Sir Alexander Moncrieff, Victorian military engineer responsible for the concept of the

disappearing gun A disappearing gun, a gun mounted on a ''disappearing carriage'', is an obsolete type of artillery which enabled a gun to hide from direct fire and observation. The overwhelming majority of carriage designs enabled the gun to rotate back ...

Robert Hope Moncrieff Robert Hope MoncrieffAscott was never part of his name, but was adopted by him as part of his pseudonym. It may have been a punning reference to his origin ''A Scot''. He used the name A. R. Hope Moncrieff for some of his books for adults, incl ...

, author *

Chris Moncrieff Christopher Wighton Moncrieff CBE (9 September 1931 – 22 November 2019) was a British journalist. He was the political editor of the Press Association from 1980 to 1994. Early life Moncrieff was born in Derby in 1931 to Robert Wighton Moncrie ...

(1931–2019), British journalist *

Gladys Moncrieff Gladys Moncrieff (13 April 1892 – 8 February 1976) was an Australian singer who was so successful in musical theatre and recordings that she became known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'. Life and career Early years Moncrieff ...

(1892–1976), Australian singer * John J. Moncrieff (1866–1939), Canadian newspaper editor and conductor * Lieutenant John Robert Moncrieff (1899–1928), a New Zealand aviator:

Moncrieff and Hood disappearance Lieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood were two New Zealanders who vanished on 10 January 1928 while attempting the first trans-Tasman flight from Australia to New Zealand. Radio signals were received from their aircraft for 12 hours ...

attempt to cross Tasman strait *

Karen Moncrieff Karen Moncrieff (born December 20, 1963, in Sacramento, California) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. She is best known as the writer and director of critically acclaimed movies ''Blue Car'' and ''The Dead Girl'' '. Movies ...

, American film director *

Michael Moncrieff Michael Moncrieff (born 19 August 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1970s and early 80s. A tall full forward, Moncrieff was a prolific goalkicker for Hawthorn and topped their goalki ...

, Australian rules footballer * Perrine Millais Moncrieff (1893–1979), New Zealand author, ornithologist and conservationist *

Seán Moncrieff Seán Moncrieff is an Irish broadcaster, journalist and writer. He currently presents the weekday afternoon radio show ''Moncrieff'' on Newstalk and is a columnist for ''The Irish Times''. His television credits include his own Raidió Teilif ...

, Irish writer, journalist and television presenter ** ''Moncrieff'', his radio show on

Newstalk Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106) is a national independent radio station in Ireland. It is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Audio Ireland, and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Autho ...

** ''

Good Grief Moncrieff! ''Good Grief Moncrieff!'' is a talk show hosted by Seán Moncrieff Seán Moncrieff is an Irish broadcaster, journalist and writer. He currently presents the weekday afternoon radio show ''Moncrieff'' on Newstalk and is a columnist for ''The ...

'', his chat show on RTÉ *

William Thomas Moncrieff William Thomas Moncrieff (24 August 1794 – 3 December 1857) commonly referred as W.T. Moncrieff was an English dramatist and author. Biography He was born in London, the son of a Strand tradesman named Thomas. The name Moncrieff he assumed for ...

(1794–1857), English dramatist

Family name Scott Moncrieff

Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish people, Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his English translation of most of Marcel Proust's , which he published under the Shakespearean tit ...

(1889–1930), Scottish writer and translator, famous for ''

Remembrance of Things Past ''In Search of Lost Time'' (french: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French ...

'' * Colonel Sir

Colin Scott-Moncrieff Colonel Sir Colin Campbell Scott-Moncrieff (3 August 1836 – 6 April 1916) was a British engineer, soldier and civil servant, best known for repairing the Delta Barrage, Nile Barrage and reorganizing the irrigation system of Egypt in the 1880 ...

(1836–1918), British engineer who reorganised the irrigation system of Egypt * Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (1855–1924), Scottish soldier and engineer * George Scott-Moncrieff (1910–1974), Scottish author *

Robert Scott Moncrieff Robert Scott Moncrieff (1 December 1793 – 18 June 1869) was a Scottish advocate, amateur illustrator and caricaturist. Life He was born in Tullibole Castle near Fossoway on 1 December 1793. He trained in law at the University of Edinburgh ...

(1793–1869), British illustrator

Family name Wellwood Moncreiff

Sir Henry Wellwood-Moncreiff, 10th Baronet Sir Henry Wellwood-Moncreiff, 10th Baronet, originally Henry Moncrieff (21 May 1809–4 November 1883) was a Scottish minister, considered one of the most influential figures in the Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900), Free Church of Scotland in ...

(1809-1885), minister of the Free Church of Scotland *

Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet, with the judicial title Lord Moncreiff (1776–1851) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. Life He was the second son of the Rev. Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood (1750–1827) of Tullibole in Kinross-shire, ...

(1776-1851), lawyer and judge

Fictional character

* Algernon Moncrieff, one of the main characters in Oscar Wilde's play, ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

''.

Other uses

Division of Moncrieff The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Aust ...

, electoral division in Queensland, Australia *

Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory Moncrieff is a suburb in the Gungahlin district of Canberra, the National Capital of Australia. The name was gazetted in April 1991, with initial land releases becoming available to developers in June 2014. It is named after Gladys Moncrieff, an ...

, planned suburb of Canberra, Australia *

Moncrieff Bay Moncrieff Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located at the east end of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island in the gazetted locality of Willoughby overlooking Backstairs Passage about south-west of the state capital o ...