Moncreiffe baronets

The first creation was for John Moncreiff, of Moncreiff in Perthshire, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. He later represented Perthshire in the Parliament of Scotland. His son, the second baronet, sold the barony of Moncreiffe to his cousin Thomas Moncreiffe in 1663. Following the deaths of his brothers David and James, the issue male of the first baronet became extinct, and the baronetcy passed to John Moncreiff of Tippermalloch, a physician, son of Hugh Moncreiff who was the brother of the first baronet. On the death of his son Hugh in 1744 the baronetcy became dormant. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1785. His son James, ninth baronet, was a Lord of Session with the title Lord Moncreiff, and was the father of Henry, tenth baronet, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1861, and of James, who succeeded to the title in 1883. James Moncreiff had been created Baron Moncreiff in 1874, and the baronetcy and the peerage remained united from 1883 • Sir John Moncreiff, 1st Baronet (died ) • Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet (1776–1851) • Sir Henry Wellwood Moncreiff, 10th Baronet (1809–1883) • James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff (1811–1895) The heir since 2002 is Rhoderick Harry Wellwood Moncreiff, 6th Baron Moncreiff, who has not proven his succession. ==Moncreiffe baronets, of Moncreiffe (NS, 1685)==

The second creation was on 30 November 1685 for Thomas Moncreiffe, of Moncreiffe in Perthshire, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. He was the son of David Moncreiffe, of Rapness in Orkney, The baronetcy then passed from father to son until the eighth baronet, Robert Drummond. He was succeeded by his nephew Commander Guy Moncreiffe, son of Thomas George Harry Moncreiffe. His son the tenth baronet was killed in a fire at Moncreiffe House, and was succeeded by his cousin Captain Iain Moncreiffe of Easter Moncreiffe, son of Lieutenant-Commander (Thomas) Gerald Auckland Moncreiffe, The eight daughters of the seventh baronet were noted beauties of the late Victorian era and included Louisa, who married the Duke of Atholl; Helen, who married Sir Charles John Forbes, 4th Baronet; Georgina Elizabeth, who married the Earl of Dudley; Harriet Sarah, who married Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet; and Frances Rose, who married Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet. • Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll (born 1948) The heir-apparent to the title is Lord Erroll's elder son Harry Thomas William Hay, Lord Hay (born 1984). ==Moncreiff baronets, of Kilduff (UK, 1871)==

The third creation was on 23 May 1871, for James Moncreiff, of Kilduff in Kinross-shire, second son of the ninth baronet of the first creation. He was a former Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate, and at the time of his elevation was serving as Lord Justice Clerk, with the title Lord Moncreiff. On 9 January 1874 he was further created Baron Moncreiff, of Tullibole in the county of Kinross, and in 1883 he succeeded his brother as eleventh baronet. Thereafter the baronetcies and the peerage remained united until the death of the fifth and fifteenth baronet in 2002, when the baronetcy became dormant. • James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff (1811–1895) The heir since 2002 is Rhoderick Harry Wellwood Moncreiff, 6th Baron Moncreiff, who has not proven his succession. ==References==