Patrick Moncreiff

Patrick Moncreiff (c.1674–1709), of Reidie and Myres Castle, Fife, was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1706 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1709.

[1] Moncreiff was returned to the Scottish parliament as Burgh Commissioner for Kinghorn on 18 June 1706.

Moncreiff was a courtier and on that basis was selected as one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.

He spoke on behalf of the Court in the debates on the abolition of the Scottish privy council in December 1707, and was complimented on the quality of his speeches.

[1] At the 1708 British general election, Moncreiff was returned in a fierce contest as Member of Parliament for Fife.