James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff

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James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff (29 November 1811–27 April 1895), was a Scottish lawyer and politician.

The son of Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet, a Scottish judge, he was educated at Edinburgh University and was called to the Scottish bar in 1833.

He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1850, and Lord Advocate from 1851 to 1852, from 1852 to 1858, from 1859 to 1866 and from 1868 to 1869. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1858 to 1869. He was appointed Lord Justice Clerk from 1869 to 1888.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1869. He was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1868 to 1871, and held the degrees of LLD from both Edinburgh and Glasgow universities. He was Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs from 1851 to 1859, for Edinburgh from 1859 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities in 1868.

Moncreiff was created a Baronet, of Tulliebole in the County of Perth, in 1871 and raised to the Peerage as Baron Moncreiff of Tulliebole in the County of Perth, in 1874. He succeeded his elder brother as 11th Baronet, of Moncreiff, in 1883.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Andrew Rutherford	Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs 1851–1859	Succeeded by William Miller
Preceded by Charles Cowan Adam Black	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh with Adam Black 1859–1865 Duncan McLaren 1865–1868 1859–1868	Succeeded by Duncan McLaren John Miller
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities 1868–1869	Succeeded by Edward Strathearn Gordon
Legal offices
Preceded by Thomas Maitland	Solicitor General for Scotland 1850–1851	Succeeded by John Cowan
Preceded by Andrew Rutherfurd	Lord Advocate 1851-1852	Succeeded by A. Anderson
Preceded by John Inglis	Lord Advocate 1852–1858	Succeeded by John Inglis
Preceded by David Mure	Lord Advocate 1859–1866	Succeeded by George Patton
Preceded by Edward Strathearn Gordon	Lord Advocate 1868–1869	Succeeded by George Young
Preceded by Lord Glenalmond	Lord Justice Clerk 1869-1888	Succeeded by Lord Kingsburgh
Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Carlyle	Rector of the University of Edinburgh 1868–1871	Succeeded by William Stirling-Maxwell
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Moncreiff 1873–1895	Succeeded by Henry James Moncreiff
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Henry Wellwood-Moncreiff	Baronet (of Moncreiff) 1883–1895	Succeeded by Henry James Moncreiff