John Monck (courtier)

For other uses, see John Monck.

Sir John Berkeley Monck GCVO CMG (18 December 1883 – 31 March 1964) was Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1950.[1]

Life

He was the son of William Berkeley Monck of Coley Park, Mayor of Reading, Berkshire in 1888, and his wife Althea Pauline Louise Fanshawe.[2]

He was His Majesty's Assistant Marshal 1920 to 1936, then His Majesty's Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 1936 to 1945, and acting Marshal 1939 to 1945, when Lieutenant-General Sir George Clive was on war duty.

In 1952 he became a Gentleman Usher in the Household of Queen Elizabeth II.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Monck, Sir John Berkeley". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 15 March 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1894). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. II. Priv. print. p. 135.
  3. ^ London Gazette, 1 August 1952 (issue 39616), pp. 4197–4202.


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