Sir Alan Scott-Moncrieff | |
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Birth name | Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff |
Born | Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 3 September 1900
Died | 25 November 1980 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | (aged 80)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1917–1958 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Far East Fleet (1955–57) 5th Cruiser Squadron (1951–52) HMS Superb (1948–49) HMS Mercury (1943–45) 8th Destroyer Flotilla (1942–43) HMS Faulknor (1942–43) HMS Enchantress (1939–40) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War Korean War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (3) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) King Haakon VII Freedom Cross (Norway) |
Admiral Sir Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, KCB, CBE, DSO & Bar (3 September 1900 – 25 November 1980) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1955 to 1957.
Scott-Moncrieff was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest son of Robert Lawrence Scott-Moncrieff and Victorine Troutbeck, whose father, John Brown Troutbeck, had settled in Buenos Aires. He was a cousin of Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff.[1]
He was educated at the Royal Naval College at Osborne and Dartmouth.[2]