John Monson, 11th Baron Monson

The Right Honourable
The Lord Monson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
7 April 1958 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 10th Baron Monson
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a] 
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 12 February 2011
Preceded bySeat established [a] 
Succeeded byThe 5th Earl of Lytton
Personal details
Born(1932-05-03)3 May 1932
Died12 February 2011(2011-02-12) (aged 78)
Political partyCrossbench
Parents
Education
OccupationPolitician 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

  1. ^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

  1. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page 5857". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 28 May 2012.[unreliable source]
  2. ^ London Evening Standard, 24 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Judge rules police liable for death of British aristocrat Alexander Monson". Sky News.

Sources

Peerage of Great Britain
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
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–2011 		Succeeded by


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