Robert Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff
English sportsman and Baron
About Robert Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff
Lived 1843 – 1913 (aged 69). Robert Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff was a British cricketer, association football player and anglican priest.
Robert Chichester Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff (24 August 1843 – 14 May 1913) was a Scottish clergyman and cricketer who succeeded to the title Baron Moncreiff.
Moncreiff was born at Edinburgh, the younger 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 where he was in the cricket XI in 1852. He was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 5 January 1863.
In 1870, Moncreiff was awarded BA and ordained a deacon at Lichfield when he became curate of Cubley, Derbyshire. He was ordained priest in 1871 at Chichester. He played cricket for various clubs and mainly for Gentlemen of counties including Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire. In 1873 he played one match for Derbyshire County Cricket Club when they needed 16 players in an extra match against Nottinghamshire. He also played for Staffordshire and the Incogniti. In 1875, he became vicar of Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcestershire and played cricket regularly for Gentlemen of Worcestershire until 1881. He became vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire in 1885 and remained there until his death aged 69. He was described as an eloquent preacher.
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English sportsman and Baron (1843-1913)
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Robert Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff was born on 24 August 1843.
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Robert Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff died on 14 May 1913.
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Robert Moncreiff, 3rd Baron Moncreiff was a cricketer, association football player and anglican priest.
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