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Monckton of Brenchley, Viscount (UK, 1957)

Creation: let. pat. 11 Feb 1957

Family name: Monckton

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Sable on a Chevron between three Martlets Or as many Mullets of the field (Monckton);  2nd and 3rd, Or a Chevron Gules a Chief Vair (St Quintin)

Crest:

A Martlet Or

Supporters:

On either side a Horse Argent crined and unguled Or gorged with a Chain Gold pendant therefrom an Escutcheon Sable charged with a Rose also Argent barbed and seeded proper

Motto:

Famam Extendere Factis (To spread fame by deeds)

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Walter Turner [Monckton], 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO KCMG MC PC

1st son of Frank William Monckton, of Ightham Warren, co. Kent, by his wife Dora Constance Golding, dau. of William Golding, of Leavers, Hallow, co. Kent

born

17 Jan 1891

mar. (1)

18 Jul 1914 (div. 1947) Mary Adelaide Somes Colyer-Fergusson (d. 30 Apr 1964), 1st dau. of Sir Thomas Colyer Fergusson later Colyer-Fergusson, 3rd Bt., by his first wife Beatrice Stanley Muller, only surv. dau. of Rt Hon Professor Friedrich Max Muller

children by first wife

1. Hon Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, later 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

1. Hon Valerie Hamilton Monckton, Senator of the Republic of Ireland, Dame of Honour and Devotion SMO Malta (b. 1918), mar. 28 Aug 1939 Sir (William) Basil Goulding, 3rd Bt., of Dargle Cottage, Enniskerry, co. Wicklow, and has issue

mar. (2)

13 Aug 1947 Hon Bridget Helen Howard, suo jure Lady Ruthven of Freeland CBE (former wife of George Josslyn L'Estrange [Howard], 11th Earl of Carlisle;  d. 17 Apr 1982), 1st dau. and hrss. of line of Walter Patrick [Hore-Ruthven], 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland and 2nd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, by his first wife Jean Leslie Lampson, sister of Miles Wedderburn [Lampson], 1st Baron Killearn, and 1st dau. of Norman George Lampson JP DL, of The Farm House, Pont Street, Chelsea, London

died

9 Jan 1965

created

11 Feb 1957 Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, of Brenchley in the County of Kent

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Recorder of Hythe 1930-37; Attorney-General Duchy of Cornwall 1932-47 and 1948-51; KCVO 1937; Solicitor-General 1945;  KCMG 1945; Member of Parliament for Bristol West 1951-57; Minister of Labour and National Service 1951-55;  Privy Councillor 1951; Minister of Defence 1955-56;  Paymaster-General 1956-57; GCVO 1957

Gilbert Walter Riversdale [Monckton], 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, CB OBE MC DL

born

3 Nov 1915

mar.

30 Dec 1950 Marianna Laetitia Bower, Dame of Honour and Devotion SMO, OStJ (b. 25 Jun 1929), 3rd dau. of Cmdr Robert Tatton Bower RN MP, of 3 Oakhill Road, Putney, London SW15, by his wife Hon Henrietta May Caribbea Strickland, 4th dau. by his first wife of Gerald [Strickland], 1st Baron Strickland

children

1. Hon Christopher Walter Monckton, later 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

2. Hon Timothy David Robert Monckton, heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Monckton of Brenchley (b. 15 Aug 1955), mar. 21 Jan 1984 Jennifer Carmody, 2nd dau. of Brendan Carmody, of Ealing, London, and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and has issue

3. Hon Jonathan Riversdale St Quintin Monckton, of 90 Innes Garden, London SW15 (b. 15 Aug 1955), mar. 1992 Carina Thérèse Beeson, dau. of Brian Beeson OBE

4. Capt Hon Anthony Leopold Colyer Monckton (b. 25 Sep 1960), mar. 1985 Philippa Susan Wingfield (b. 6 Apr 1962), 2nd dau. of Gervase Christopher Brinsmade Wingfield, by his wife Mary Margaret McGuinn, 1st dau. of Dennis McGuinn, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA, and has issue

1. Hon Rosamond Mary Monckton (b. 26 Oct 1953), mar. 1991 as his second wife Hon Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson, 1st son by his first wife of Nigel [Lawson], Baron Lawson of Blaby (Life Peer), and has issue

died

22 Jun 2006

suc. by

son

note

MC 1940; OBE 1965; CB 1966; Grand Cross of Merit SMO 1980

Christopher Walter [Monckton], 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

born

4 Feb 1952

mar.

19 May 1990 Juliet Mary Anne Jensen, yst. dau. of Jorgen Malherbe Jensen, of Bloomsbury, London

The heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Monckton of Brenchley is Hon Timothy David Robert Monckton, second son of the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and younger brother of the present Viscount.

 Last updated 8 Jul 2006

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Title:

3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, of Brenchley in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 11 Feb 1957)

Address:

Carie, Ranoch, co. Fife

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