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MONCKTON, WILLIAM, brother of Edward Monckton (qv); b. 19 Apr 1796; adm. 3 Feb 1806; left 1811; Writer, EICS Bengal 1810; at Haileybury Coll. 1811-3; arrived in India 22 Nov 1814; Assistant to Magistrate, Rangpur 26 Jul 1815; Assistant to Judge, Seharunpore 12 May 1818; in Europe Feb 1822 – Mar 1825; officiating Judge and magistrate, Etawah 4 Aug 1825; officiating Commissioner of Circuit, Saharanpur 14 Jun 1831; officiating Judge of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, Allahabad 11 Aug 1835, Judge 29 Jan 1829 [check date]; retd. 1 May 1842; m. 29 Mar 1825 Helen, fourth dau. of Col. Goddard Richards, EICS Bengal; d. 23 Jan 1874.

MONCKTON, HON. ROBERT, brother of William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway (I) (qv); b. 24 Jun 1726; adm. Sep 1737; in school lists 1737-41; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 22 Apr 1741; Capt., 34th Foot 27 Jun 1744; Maj., 5 Feb 1746/7; Lieut. -Col., 47th Foot 28 Feb 1751; Col. commandant 60th Foot (Royal American Regt. ), 20 Dec 1757- Oct 1759; Brig. -Gen., 1759; Col., 17th Foot, from 24 Oct 1759; Major-Gen., 20 Feb 1761; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; served in Flanders 1742-5; present at battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy; sent to Nova Scotia 1752; Lieut. -Gov., Annapolis Royal 1754 (still 1769); captured Forts Beauséjour and Gaspereau (renamed Fort Monckton) from the French 1755; Lieut. -Gov., Nova Scotia Dec 1755; second in command of Wolfe’s expedition to Quebec, where he was wounded 13 Sep 1759; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, New York 20 Mar 1761; sailed with Rodney to West Indies and captured Martinique, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent 1761-2; returned to England 1763; Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed 14 Jun 1765-78, Portsmouth from 1778; MP Pontefract 26 Nov 1751-4, 24 Mar – 30 Sep 1774, Portsmouth from 10 Aug 1778; d. unm. 3 May 1782. DNB.

MONCKTON, ROBERT, younger son of Robert Monckton MP, Carill and Hodroyd, Yorks., and Theodosia, second dau. of John Fountayne, Melton supra Montem, Yorks.; b. 21 May 1701; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1714 (as Moncton); St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1716/7; BA 1720/1; adm. Middle Temple 7 Feb 1716/7; migr. to Inner Temple 1721; buried 11 Aug 1722.

MONCKTON, JONATHAN, son of Charles Monckton (KS 1679, qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1726; in school list 1729; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Oct 1729; BA 1733/4; MA 1737 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jul 1754); ordained deacon (Salisbury) 9 Jun 1734, priest (Winchester) 19 Dec 1736; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1734; Vicar of Sittingbourne, Kent 17 May 1740-2; Vicar of Marden, Kent 12 Nov 1742-66; Rector of Pangbourne, Berks., from 9 Apr 1766; m. 1st, 8 Nov 1739 Elizabeth Benjamin (IGI) [presumably]; m. 2nd, 14 Oct 1783 Mrs. Kingsman; d. 20 Jun 1796.

MONCKTON, HON. JOHN, brother of William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway (I) (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1726; d. 2 Oct 1728 (but fees paid to Christmas 1729, sic).

MONCKTON, JOHN, brother of Edward Monckton (qv); b. 21 Jul 1779; adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); KS 1795; Writer, EICS Bengal 1796; arrived in India 17 Mar 1797; Assistant, Persian Translator’s Office 20 Feb 1798, Second Assistant 20 July 1801, Senior Assistant 24 Jun 1802; Persian Secretary to Government 10 Jul 1806; officiating Secretary in Secret and Political Depts. 20 May 1814; officiating Chief Secretary to Government 21 Feb 1815; Resident at Lucknow 3 May 1817; retd. 1825; d. unm. 14 Jun 1852.

MONCKTON, HUGH, brother of Edward Monckton (qv); b. 17 Feb 1792; adm.; in school list 1803; KS 1806; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; BA 1814; MA 1816; ordained; Rector of Seaton, Rutland, from 9 Apr 1816; Vicar of Harringworth, Northants, from 6 Jul 1816; d. 31 Oct 1842.

MONCKTON, GEORGE PAKENHAM, brother of Edward Henry Craddock Monckton (qv); b. 5 Oct 1816; adm. 1 Oct 1827 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; left 1833; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1833; Addiscombe Coll. Feb – Dec 1834; res Dec 1834; Writer, EICS Madras 1837; Asistant to Collector, Malabar 1839; Assistant to Collector, Northern Division of Arcot 1844; retd. 30 Aug 1848; m. 7 Dec 1843 Emily Mary, dau. of Sir Timothy Vansittart Stonhouse, Bart., EICS Madras; d. 12 Apr 1894.

MONCKTON, EDWARD, eldest son of Hon. Edward Monckton MP, Somerford, Staffs., previously Senior Merchant, EICS Madras, and Sophia, illegitimate dau. of George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (I) MP, EICS Madras, Governor of Madras; nephew of William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway (I) (qv); bapt. 7 Oct 1777; adm. 10 Jan 1792 (Clapham); KS 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1796, aged 18; BA 1800; MA 1803; adm. Middle Temple 19 Apr 1797, called to bar 20 Jun 1806; of Somerford Hall, Staffs.; d. unm. 17 Mar 1848.

MONCKTON, EDWARD HENRY CRADOCK, eldest son of Philip Monckton, EICS Bengal, Judge at Gorakhpur, and Henrietta, fourth dau. of Michael Carter, Inch, Wigtownshire; nephew of Edward Monckton (qv); b. 12 Sep 1812; adm. 22 Jun 1825 (Stikeman's); Min. Can. 1827; at Haileybury Coll. 1829-30; Writer, EICS Bengal 1831; arrived in India 14 Sep 1831; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue, Moradabad 8 Jan 1833; Collector, Fatehpur 1 Dec 1837; Deputy Collector, Shahjahanpur 4 Jun 1838; res. in India 24 Mar 1857; of Fineshade Abbey, Northants; High Sheriff, Rutland 1859; m. 1st, 12 Nov 1835 Caroline Rosa, younger dau. of Charles Woodcock, EICS Madras; m. 2nd, 7 Oct 1839 Maria Catherine, youngest dau. of Henry W. Tydd, co. Tipperary; d. 24 Jul 1878.