Sir Iain Moncreiffe of That
Ilk (1919-1985)
11th Baronet, 24th Chief
Born 9 April 1919
Died February 1985
Married (1) 19 December 1946 Diss.1964
Diana Denyse Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll, daughter of
Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll and Lady Idina
Sackville
Born 5 January 1926
Died 1978
Married (2) 1 May 1966 Moncreiffe Chapel
Hermione Patricia Faulkner, daughter of Walter Douglas
Faulkner and Patricia Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Born 14 January 1937
He
was the 24th Chief of the Moncreiffes since 1248, as well as
Her Majesty's Albany Herald
of Arms and world-famous as a heraldist
and genealogical historian.
He was President of the Association of Genealogists and Record
Agents; Vice-President of
the Scottisch Genealogy Society,
Vice-President of the 1745
Association and the National Military
History Society; Patron
of the Museum of Scottish Tartans; Fellow of
the Society of Genealogists;
Fellow Emeritus of the American Society
of Genealogists; a Fellow
of the Society of Antiquaries both of London
and Scotland; a Member of
the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs and
of the Court of the Lord
Lyon King of Arms; and also a Member of the
Queen's Body Guard for Scotland;
as well as Deputy Lieutenant for
Perthshire and Honorary
Sheriff of Perth and Angus and a former
Chairman of Debrett.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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