Alan Scott-Moncrieff

Admiral Sir Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, (3 September 1900 – 25 November 1980) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1955 to 1957.

Early life and education

Scott-Moncrieff was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest son of Robert Lawrence Scott-Moncrieff and Victorine Troutbeck, whose father, John Brown Troutbeck, had settled in Buenos Aires. He was a cousin of Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff.

He was educated at the Royal Naval College at Osborne and Dartmouth.

Naval career

When still a teenager, Scott-Moncrieff joined the Royal Navy in 1917, in the last year of the First World War, serving as a midshipman in . He retired in 1958. and mentioned in despatches in the 1944 New Year Honours. He was awarded a Bar to the DSO in 1944. and again mentioned in despatches later that year. He was appointed a Companion of the military division of the Order of the Bath in the 1952 New Year Honours. He was mentioned in despatches, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and appointed a Commander of the United States Legion of Merit for his service in Korean waters in 1952. He was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1955 Birthday Honours.

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London in 1962, resigning in 1976.