John Monson, 11th Baron Monson
{{Short description|British hereditary peer}}
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| office1 = Member of the House of Lords
| status1 = Lord Temporal
| term_label1 = as a hereditary peer
| term_start1 = 7 April 1958
| term_end1 = 11 November 1999
| predecessor1 = The 10th Baron Monson
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| term_label2 = as an elected hereditary peer
| term_start2 = 11 November 1999
| term_end2 = 12 February 2011
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| successor2 = The 5th Earl of Lytton
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| party = Crossbench
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| occupation = Politician and peer
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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.{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=https://www.thepeerage.com/p5857.htm#i58566 |title=Person Page 5857 |publisher=Thepeerage.com |date= |access-date=2012-05-28}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}} The couple had three sons, including Nicholas who succeeded him. Nicholas's son, Alexander, died while in police custody in Kenya in May 2012;London Evening Standard, 24 May 2012. according to a 2018 Kenyan court ruling, he was murdered by police.{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/judge-rules-police-liable-for-death-of-british-aristocrat-alexander-monson-11419768 |title=Judge rules police liable for death of British aristocrat Alexander Monson |website=Sky News}}
Notes
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References
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26874 |title=DodOnline |access-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405101112/http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26874 |archivedate=2007-04-05}}
- {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8346302/Lord-Monson.html |title=Obituary The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2011-02-28 |location=London |date=24 February 2011}}
External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-john-monson | Lord Monson }}
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Category:Crossbench hereditary peers
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999
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