James Wellwood Moncreiff (1811-1895), 1st Baron Moncreiff of Tullibole, was a man of many talents. An outstanding lawyer, he took a leading part in some of the most high profile cases of the century - defending the Scottish Chartist leaders against a charge of sedition in 1848, prosecuting Madeleine Smith for the murder of L'Angelier in 1857, and supporting Theresa Longworth in her long and very public campaign to have her marriage to Major Charles Yelverton legally recognised. Together with other members of his family he was centrally involved in the events which led ultimately to the...