| Authorised form of name | Moncrieff; Sir; Alexander (1829 - 1906); army officer and engineer |
| 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, Scotland |
| Occupation | army officer and engineer |
| Research field | Engineering |
| Activity | 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 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/06/1871 |
| Age at election | 42 |
| Proposer | 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 |
| Relationships | 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. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 55846 |
| OtherInfo | Invented the Moncrieff system of raising and lowering guns.
Deisgned a hydro-pneumatic carriage for guns. |
| 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 | |