Hon. Francis Jeffrey Moncreiff (27 August 1849 - 30 May 1900) was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 rugby union player, and 's first captain, making him one of the two first captains in international rugby. He was capped on three occasions between 1871 and 1873 for .

Personal history

Moncrieff was born in 1849, the second son of James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff of Tulliebole

James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff

James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff FRSE , was a Scottish lawyer and politician.The son of Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet, a Scottish judge, he was educated at Edinburgh University and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1833.He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in...

. He attended Edinburgh Academy

Edinburgh Academy

The Edinburgh Academy is an independent school which was opened in 1824. The original building, in Henderson Row on the northern fringe of the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, is now part of the Senior School...

. On 29 October 1880 he married Mildred Fitzherbert, daughter of Lt Colonel Richard Henry Fitzherbert.

Rugby career

On the 27 March 1871, Moncreiff was not only selected to represent Scotland in the first internatioal rugby union game, but was also chosen to captain the team. He played club rugby for Edinburgh Academicals.