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.
The son of John Roseberry Monson, the 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, was murdered by police[3]).
References
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page 5857". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ London Evening Standard 24 May 2012
- ^ "Judge rules police liable for death of British aristocrat Alexander Monson". Sky News.
Sources
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- "Obituary The Daily Telegraph". London. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Monson
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Monson | Baron Monson 1958–2011 | Succeeded by Nicholas Monson |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under of the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2011 | Succeeded by The Earl of Lytton |