Alexander Moncrieff ( 1829 - 1906 )

Birth: 27 George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland (17 April 1829) Death: Bandirran, Perthshire (03 August 1906) Burial: Abernethy, Perthshire Profession: Civil engineer Education: Edinburgh University; Aberdeen University Career: Commission in the Forfarshire Artillery (Miltia) (1825); served in the Crimea, at the siege of Sebastopol; Colonel (1878); invented the Moncrieff system of raising and lowering guns; deisgned a hydro-pneumatic carriage for guns; director of two banks; bought the estate of Bandirran, Perthshire Honours: CB 1880; KCB 1890 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 8/06/1871.