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Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet, CVO, QC, FSA Scot (9 April 1919 – 27 February 1985), Chief of Clan Moncreiffe, was a British Officer of Arms, historian and genealogist. [a] Biography. Moncreiffe was the son of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Moncreiffe, RN, and Hilda, daughter of the Comte de Miremont. [1] .
1 de mar. de 1985 · Sir Iain Moncreiffe of That Ilk, 65, the chief of the Clan Moncreiffe and a lawyer, author, diplomat and genealogist who was once described as "one of those rare men who gives eccentricity a...
Sir Iain Moncreiffe of the Ilk also inherited his title and lands from a kinsman, and was Albany Herald at the court of the Lord Lyon. In 1946, he married the only child of the 22nd Earl of Erroll, who had become a Countess in her own right. On her death, her two sons would inherit titles.
Albany Herald and chief of the clan Iain Moncreiffe (1919–1985) asserted that the coat of arms with the red royal lion on a silver shield were the colours of the house of Maldred, Regent of Cumbria and brother of Duncan I of Scotland, indicating that they were cadets of Maldred's line.
Sir Iain Moncreiffe, Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms, and later Albany Herald, is now best remembered as the writer of one of the most popular and successful books ever written in English on heraldry, namely his Simple Heraldry (1953), “cheerfully illustrated” by Don Pottinger, and also for his The Highland Clans (1967).
Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe de Ilk, 11o Baronet CVO QC (9 de abril de 1919 – 27 de febrero de 1985), Jefe del Clan Moncreiffe, era oficial británico de armas y genealogista. Biografía. Moncreiffe era hijo del teniente comandante Gerald Moncreiffe, RN, e Hilda, hija del conde de Miremont.
Sir Iain Moncrieffe of that Ilk, Bt, The Law of Succession: Origins and Background of The Law of Succession to Arms and Dignities in Scotland. Edited by Jackson W. Armstrong. Pp. xxiv, 293. ISBN 9781904607861. Edinburgh: John Donald, 2010. £70.00. Share.
