John Monson, 11th Baron Monson
The Right Honourable The Lord Monson | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 13 March 1961 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 10th Baron Monson |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 12 February 2011 | |
Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
Succeeded by | The 5th Earl of Lytton |
Personal details | |
Born | (1932-05-03)3 May 1932 |
Died | 12 February 2011(2011-02-12) (aged 78) |
Political party | Crossbench |
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Occupation | Politician and peer |
John Monson, 11th Baron Monson (3 May 1932 – 12 February 2011), was a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. He was a civil liberties campaigner and president of the Society for Individual Freedom.
Background
The son of John Monson, 10th Baron Monson, and Bettie Northrup Powell, he was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1954. In 1958 Monson succeeded to his father's barony.
Monson married Emma Devas, daughter of Anthony Devas and Nicolette Macnamara, on 2 April 1955.[1] The couple had three sons, including Nicholas who succeeded him. Nicholas's son, Alexander, died while in police custody in Kenya in May 2012;[2] according to a 2018 Kenyan court ruling, he was murdered by police.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
Sources
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 5 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
- "Obituary The Daily Telegraph". London. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Monson
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by | Baron Monson 1958–2011 Member of the House of Lords (1958–1999) | Succeeded by |
Baronetage of England | ||
Preceded by | Baronet of Carleton 1958–1999 | Succeeded by |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2011 | Succeeded by |
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