Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet

Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood (1750–1827) of Tullibole in Kinross-shire, baronet and minister of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.

Born 13 September 1776, he was educated at school in Edinburgh and at Glasgow University, and held an exhibition at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated B.C.L.

[1] On 19 December 1820 Moncrieff presided at the Pantheon meeting, which passed resolutions in favour of a petition to the Crown for the dismissal of the Tory ministry of Lord Liverpool.

[1] On 24 June 1829 Moncrieff was made a judge of the court of session by Sir Robert Peel, in succession to Lord Alloway, and was succeeded as Dean of Faculty by Jeffrey.

After becoming a judge he still acted as a member of the General Assembly, and carried in 1834 a motion in favour of a popular veto on patronage.