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Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk

Sir
Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk
CVO, QC
Bust of Sir Iain Moncrieffe of that Ilk (1919 - 1985) - geograph.org.uk - 988167.jpg
Bust of Sir Iain Moncreiffe in the Register House, Edinburgh
Born April 9, 1919
Died February 27, 1985 (1985-02-28) (aged 65)
Occupation Officer of Arms, genealogist
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Christ Church, Oxford
Subject Genealogy, heraldry
Notable works Simple Heraldry (1953)
Blood Royal (1956)
The Highland Clans (1967)
Spouse Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll
1946-1964
Hermione Patricia Faulkner
1966-1985 (his death)
Children Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
Peregrine David Moncreiffe of that Ilk
Alexandra Moncreiffe Hay

Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet, CVO, QC (9 April 1919 – 27 February 1985) was a British Officer of Arms and genealogist.

Moncreiffe was the son of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Moncreiffe, RN, and Hilda, daughter of the Comte de Miremont, he succeeded his cousin as 11th Baronet and Chief of Clan Moncreiffe in 1957.

Educated at Stowe School, Heidelberg, and Christ Church, Oxford, as a cadet officer Moncreiffe trained with Derek Bond (actor) and Patrick Leigh Fermor, he later served in the Scots Guards during the Second World War, then as attaché at the British embassy in Moscow, before studying Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated PhD with a thesis on the Scots law of succession to peerages.

A prominent member of the Lyon Court, Moncreiffe held the offices of Falkland Pursuivant (1952), Kintyre Pursuivant (1953), Unicorn Pursuivant (1955), and (from 1961) Albany Herald. He wrote a popular work about the Scottish clans, The Highland Clans (1967), and with Don Pottinger Simple Heraldry, Cheerfully Illustrated (1953), Simple Custom (1954), and Blood Royal (1956), but his interests also extended to Georgian and Byzantine noble genealogies. Lord of the Dance, A Moncreiffe Miscellany, edited by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd encompassed his genealogical world-view.


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