| Authorised form of name | Moncrieff; Sir; Alexander (1829 - 1906) |
| Dates | 1829 - 1906 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 27 George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 17 April 1829 |
| Place of death | Bandirran, Perthshire |
| Date of death | 03/08/1906 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Abernethy, Perthshire |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh University; Aberdeen University
Career:
Commission in the Forfarshire Artillery (Miltia) (1825); served in the Crimea, at the siege of Sebastopol; Colonel (1878); invented the Moncrieff system of raising and lowering guns; deisgned a hydro-pneumatic carriage for guns; director of two banks; bought the estate of Bandirran, Perthshire
Honours:
CB 1880; KCB 1890
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/06/1871 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Captain Matthew Moncrieff of the Madras Army and his wife Isabella, daughter of Alexander Campbell; married Harriet Mary, daughter of James Rimington Wilson of Broomhead Hall, Yorkshire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA5903 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/3/1067 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Colonel Alexander Moncrieff, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 January 1890 |
| EC/1871/08 | Moncrieff, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |