Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff

Lord Moncrieff
Personal details
Born 14 August 1870
Died 5 August 1949(1949-08-05) (aged 78)
Edinburgh
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Helen McClelland Adams
Alma mater Edinburgh University, Glasgow University

The Rt Hon Alexander Moncrieff FRSE (14 August 1870 – 5 August 1949) was a Scottish lawyer and judge, who was created a Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

Alexander Moncrieff was the third son of Alexander Moncrieff, Advocate and Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty[1] and his wife, Hope Margaret Pattison.

Moncrieff studied Law at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities.[2]

In 1894 Moncrieff was called to the Scottish bar and in 1912 he became a King's Counsel.[3] At this time he was living at 11 Lynedoch Place in Edinburgh's West End.[4]

In January 1926 he was created a Senator of the College of Justice with the title of Lord Moncrieff.[5] He was the judge for the original trial in Donoghue v. Stevenson.

In 1941 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas Graham Robertson, Lord Robertson, Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, John Alexander Inglis and Sir Ernest Wedderburn.[6]

He became Lord Justice Clerk in February 1947, succeeding Lord Cooper,[2][7] but resigned later that year on the grounds of ill-health.[8] In May 1947, he became a Privy Counsellor.

He died on 5 August 1949.

Family

In 1913 he married a widow, Helen McClelland Spens.

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Moncrieff (Obituaries)" The Times, 8 August 1949, page 7.
  2. 1 2 "New Lord Justice-Clerk", Glasgow Herald, 21 February 1947, page 5. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "No. 28605". The London Gazette. 7 May 1912. p. 3280.
  4. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911-12
  5. ↑ The Times, 6 January 1926, page 9
  6. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  7. ↑ "No. 16416". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 February 1947. p. 79.
  8. ↑ "Lord Moncrieff Resigns", Glasgow Herald, 7 October 1947, page 3. Retrieved 12 March 2010.



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