Person Moncrieff; Sir; Alexander (1829 - 1906); army officer and engineer Moncrieff Alexander Sir army officer and engineer 1829 - 1906 British Male 27 George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland 17 April 1829 1829 Bandirran, Perthshire 03/08/1906 19060803 Burial: Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland

9 Victoria Chambers, Westminster, London (1871)

Soldier; Engineer Engineering Education: Edinburgh University; Aberdeen University Career: Commission in the Forfarshire Artillery (Miltia) (1825); served in the Crimea, at the siege of Sebastopol (1855); promoted captain (1857); transferred to the City of Edinburgh artillery (1863); became major (1872); Colonel for the 3rd bridge, Scottish division, Royal Artillery (1878); director of two banks; bought the estate of Bandirran, Perthshire, Scotland. Honours: CB 1880; KCB 1890 Parents: Captain Matthew Moncrieff of Culfargie, of the Madras army, and Isabella (d. 1880), daughter of Archibald Campbell. Spouse: Harriet Mary, daughter of James Rimington Wilson of Broomhead Hall, Yorkshire (20 April 1875). Children: Five sons and two daughters. Invented the Moncrieff system of raising and lowering guns. Deisgned a hydro-pneumatic carriage for guns. Fellow 08/06/1871 42 Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot Morgan William Crofton Thomas Sopwith Frederick Augustus Abel Argyll [George Douglas Campbell] John Fox Burgoyne Andrew Scott Waugh John Henry Lefroy James Joseph Sylvester William George Armstrong J F Bateman Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN 55846 17 Apr 1829 - 3 Aug 1906 NA5903 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 74b2ce75-fe71-4b40-89ea-93543f2eda47