- MONCREIFF, JAMES W., LORD
- second son of preceding, eminent Scottish judge; was the author of the Veto Act which led to the Disruption of 1843 (1776-1851).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
MONCREIFF, JAMES W., LORD
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