David Stuart Moncreiff of Moredun

Biographical Summary

Moncreiff of Moredun, David Stuart (Steuart). 08/09/1710-17/04/1790. Ref: 1086. Male.

• Place of interment: Chapel Royal, Holyrood, Edinburgh.
• Profession: Advocate, Landowner, Agricultural Improver.
• Appointments Held: Advocate 1736; Joint Deputy 1743, Sole Deputy 1752, King's Remembrancer in Exchequer; Secretary of Scottish Affairs to The Prince of Wales; Solicitor of Taxes 1766; 1781-90 one of the Barons of The Exchequer.
• Marital Status: Unmarried.
• Mother: Margaret Smythe Methven.
• Father: Thomas Moncreiff of Moredun, 2nd Baronet Moncreiff d.1738.
• References: Anderson 3, 177-8; F.J. Grant 1944; Shapin 332; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 1, 1981.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 659