About Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff
Lived 1840 – 1909 (aged 68). Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff was a British judge.
Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff (24 April 1840 – 3 March 1909) was a Scottish judge who succeeded to the title Baron Moncreiff.
Life
Moncreiff was born in Edinburgh, the elder son of James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff and his wife Isabella Bell, daughter of Robert Bell, Procurator of the Church of Scotland. He was educated at Harrow School and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 22 March 1858. He was awarded BA in 1862 and LL.B. in 1864. He was author of Review in Criminal Cases. He lived at Tullibole Castle, near Crook of Devon in Kinrossshire.
Henry Moncreiff died at Bournemouth on 3 March 1909. He is buried with his two wives in the south-east corner of Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. The stone bears a low-relief portrait of his young wife Minna.
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Scottish judge (1840–1909)
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Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff was born on 24 April 1840 in Edinburgh.
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Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff died on 3 March 1909 in Bournemouth.
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Henry James Moncreiff, 2nd Baron Moncreiff was a judge.
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