Robert Chichester Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff (24 August 1843 – 14 May 1913) was a Scottish clergyman and

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er who succeeded to the title

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. Moncreiff was born at Edinburgh, the younger son of

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

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where he was in the cricket XI in 1852. He was admitted at

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on 5 January 1863. He played cricket for his college and also played for the Quidnuncs. Cubley 045079 3d77d42b

In 1870, Moncreiff was awarded BA and ordained a deacon at Lichfield when he became curate of

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. He was ordained priest in 1871 at Chichester. He played cricket for various clubs and mainly for Gentlemen of counties including Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire. In 1873 he played one match for

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when they needed 16 players in an extra match against Nottinghamshire. He also played for Staffordshire and the Incogniti. In 1875, he became vicar of

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, Worcestershire and played cricket regularly for Gentlemen of Worcestershire until 1881. He became vicar of

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, Warwickshire in 1885 and remained there until his death aged 69. He was described as an eloquent preacher. In 1909, Moncreiff succeeded to the title

on the death of his elder brother

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. Moncreiff married Florence Kate Fitzherbert, daughter of Colonel Richard Henry FitzHerbert, of Somersal Herbert on 4 January 1871. He was succeeded by his son James Arthur Fitzherbert Moncreiff, 4th Baron Moncreiff.Cracrofts Peerage - Baron Moncreiff

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moncreiff, Robert 1843 births 1913 deaths Nobility from Edinburgh People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century British Anglican priests 20th-century British Anglican priests Derbyshire cricketers Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Scottish cricketers Younger sons of barons