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Robert Hope Moncrieff –
Author …. (1846, Edinburgh-1927, Lewisham, London)
Some books
written by RHM :-
Romance and
Legend of Chivalry
Treasury of Classical Mythology
Classical
Mythology: Myths and Legends
Victorian and Edwardian London
The
Illustrated Guide to Classical Mythology
Classical Legends
Bonnie
Scotland: (Illustrations by Sutton Palmer)
Surrey: (Illustrations by
Sutton Palmer)
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Mitología
Clásica
European History: Great Leaders and Landmarks: The Middle Ages
Black's Guide to Devonshire, 19th Edition
The Romance and Legend
of Chivalry
The World Today
The Wye
Cornwall
Kew Gardens
A Book About Boys
The Heart of Scotland
Classical Times
Middlesex
Sir Lanval
Robert Hope
Moncrieff – alias ‘Ascott’ R. H. Moncrieff was born on the 26th
of February, 1846 at 11 Hart Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, to George
Moncrieff (Solicitor), born 1817 in Perth, Scotland, and Angela Birch,
born c. 1822 in England.
Robert’s
father, George, was one of eight children (5 girls and 3 boys) born to
Robert Hope Moncrieff (Snr.) and Isabella Aitken in Perth between 1811 and
1827.
George and Angela had two other
children, namely, John F Moncrieff born on the 5th
of July, 1847 in Perth and Angela M Moncrieff born on the 27th
of November, 1848, also in Perth. But as can be seen in an abreviated
transcription of the 1851 Census for Perth, George is a widower, with the
children being looked after by his sister-in-law Henrietta Bell and the
family servants.
1851 Scotland Census
Name: Robert Hope Moncrieff Age: 5 Born Edinburgh,
Midlothian Father's Name: George
Town: Perth County: Perthshire
Address: Barrosa Place
Household Members:
George Moncrieff 35 Head
Widower ; Robert Hope Moncrieff ; John F Moncrieff ; Angela M Moncrieff
Henrietta Bell 42 Sister-in-law ;
Isabell McPherson 25 Servant ;
Barbara Ness 24 Servant ; Betsy Jack 16 Servant
As Robert writes in 1914 within a summary
autobiography on page 5 of ‘A Book About Authors’ (13 pages of which
follow below) … “My mother died before I knew her [pre-1851], my father
also was taken too soon, [1865] leaving me precociously independent.”
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Father George re-married a Maria Wilks Williamson
Rogers and they had three children, George Henry in 1855, Francis Edward
in 1857, and Henrietta in 1858.
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But, by at least 1861, he was
again a widower, as he married an Isabella Roy on the 16th
of January, 1861. The household, [without Robert and John] in the 1861
Census was as follows:- George Moncrieff 43 ; Isabella Moncrieff 32 [Roy]
; Angela M Moncrieff
George H Moncrieff ; Francis E Moncrieff : - plus 5
servants/lodgers.
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The two older boys, Robert (15) and John (13) were
in Edinburgh in the 1861 Census at Circus Place School, 6 North East
Circus Place, and were living with many others in the household of the
Teacher of English / School Rector, Kilmarnock born William M. Begbie, and
his wife Elizabeth.
[It is clear from his ‘mini autobiography’, referred
to previously, how much of his writing was inspired by both his ‘lad o’
pairts’ career revealed in the following census data, and the people he
met … in Perth, Edinburgh, Wales, Isle of Wight and London.]
e.g.
1871 Wales Census
Name: Robert Hope Moncrieff
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Relation: Assistant
Gender: Male
Where born: Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland
Civil Parish: Christ
College
Town: Brecon
County/Island: Breconshire
Country: Wales
Then, in the1881 Census,
Name: Robert H. Moncrieff
Age: 36
Estimated
birth year: abt 1845
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where
born: Scotland
Civil parish: Kensington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 8 Victoria Grove
Occupation:
Author
And the 1891 England Census,
Name: Robert H Moncrieff - Author
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Edinburgh, Scotland
Civil parish: Ventnor
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Ventnor
County/Island:
Hampshire
Country: England
Registration district: Isle Of Wight
Sub-registration district: Godshill
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And the 1901 England Census
Name: Robert H Moncrieff
Age: 55
Estimated
birth year: abt 1846
Relation: Head
Where born: Midlothian
(Edinburgh), Scotland
Civil parish: Fulham
Ecclesiastical Parish:
All Saints
County/Island: London
Country: England
Occupation:
Author
Registration district: Fulham
Sub-registration district:
South Fulham
Robert H Moncrieff 55
Ann Henderson 60 Housekeeper :
Widow b. Tywford Hampshire
Georgina M Henderson 32 Daughter (daughter
of Ann ) Post Office Clerkess
Finally, his Death Notice in 1927 is as follows,
England & Wales, Death Index:
Name: Robert Hope
Moncrieff
Death Registration July to September 1927
Age at death:
81
Registration district: Lewisham
County: London
About the Author
You can read his
autobiography below or download it in pdf
format,
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