MONKE, JAMES, son of William Monke MD, Walthamstow, Essex, and Martha --- (IGI); bapt. St. Olave’s, Hart Street, London 22 Sep 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1740 (Playford's); left 1744; d. 27 Apr 1766, aged 36. [Mother perhaps Martha Hawkins (IGI)].

MONKE, WILLIAM, brother of James Monke (qv); bapt. All Hallows Staining, London 5 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Jan 1742/3 (Durand's); left 1750; of Battersea; m.; d. 30 Apr 1775.

MONKHOUSE, CYRIL JOSEPH, eldest son of Cyril John Monkhouse, Craven Street, Strand, London, solicitor, and Amelia Marie, dau. of Rev. Robert Mark Delafosse, Richmond, Surrey; b. 26 Nov 1822; adm. 6 Apr 1831; KS 1836; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1840, adm. pens. 28 May 1840, scholar 1841; d. 31 May 1842.

Monkhouse, Richard Ambrose, son of Patrick James Monkhouse, dep. editor Manchester Guardian, and Joan Clara, d. of George East Leach, barrister, of Manchester; b. 30 Sept. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (W); left July 1951; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1957, BSc MA 1962; Geological Survey Nigeria 1960-3; Dept. of Geology Univ. of Nigeria 1963-6; Water Resources Board Reading 1966-74; Central Water Planning Unit 1974-80; Inst. of Geological Sciences (Brit. Geological Survey) 1980; d. 28 Apr. 1997.

Monkman, Anthony Francis Keigwin, son of Kenneth Mackay Monkman, BBC scriptwriter, and Vita, d. of Frederick Cyril Duncombe Mann of Curry Rivel, Somerset; b. 9 June 1949; adm. Sept. 1962 (G); left Dec. 1966; Roy. Coll. Music; rock, classical and film score composer; d. 12 May 2023.

MONROE, ARTHUR HARVEY, eldest son of Right Hon. John Monroe PC (I), Judge of High Court, Chancery Division, Ireland, and Lizzie, dau. of John Watkins Moule, Elmley Lovett, Worcs.; b. 7 Mar 1870; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (G); left Dec 1885; d. 14 Nov 1893.

MONSON, HON. GEORGE, brother of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv); b. 18 Apr 1730; adm. Jun 1738 (Taylor's); left 1747; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 20 Nov 1750; Lieut. and Capt., 22 Dec 1753; Maj., Draper’s Regt. (64th, afterwards 79th, Foot), 18 Nov 1757; went to India with his regiment 1758; wounded at siege of Pondicherry 1760; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Sep 1760; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 96th Foot 20 Jan 1761; distinguished himself at capture of Manila 1762; Brig. -Gen. in East Indies 7 Jul 1763; returned to England at Peace of Paris; Col. and ADC to George III 30 Nov 1769; Col., 50th Foot, from 1 Sep 1775; MP Lincoln 1754-68; Groom of Bedchamber to George III as Prince of Wales 1756-60; appointed member, Supreme Council of Bengal, under Regulating Act of 1773; arrived in Calcutta 19 Oct 1774; opposed policy of Warren Hastings (qv); resigned owing to ill-health Sep 1776; gazetted Lieut. -Gen. (sic, check) 4 Mar 1777, before news of his death reached England; m. 1757 Lady Anne Vane, formerly wife of Hon. Charles Hope Weir, and sister of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); d. in India 25 Sep 1776. DNB.

MONSON, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1737 (Taylor's). [Presumably a brother of, or close kin to, John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv), adm. same month].

MONSON, JOHN, 2ND BARON MONSON, eldest surviving son of John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC KB, President, Board of Trade, and Lady Margaret Watson, youngest dau. of Lewis Watson, 1ST Earl of Rockingham; b. 23 Jul 1727; adm. Apr 1737 (Taylor's); succ. father as 2nd Baron Monson 18 Jul 1748; LLD Cambridge 1749; Chief Justice in Eyre, South of the Trent 5 Nov 1765 – 27 Nov 1766; m. 23 Jun 1752 Theodosia, dau. of John Maddison, Stamford, Lincs.; d. 23 Jul 1774. DNB.

MONTAGU, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF HALIFAX, fourth son of Hon. George Montagu MP, Horton, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Anthony Irby, Kt, Boston, Lincs.; b. 16 Apr 1661; adm. 1675; KS (Capt. ) 1677; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 8 Nov 1679; MA 1682; LLD 1705; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1683 – c. 1689; High Steward, Cambridge Univ., from 1697; wrote with Matthew Prior (qv) The Hind and the Panther transvers’d to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse, 1687; MP Maldon 1689-95, Westminster 1695 – 13 Dec 1700; a Clerk of the Privy Council 1689-92; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 21 Mar 1692 – Apr 1698; his proposal of 15 Dec 1692 to raise a million pounds by life annuities was the origin of the National Debt; his bill to establish the Bank of England became law 1694; Chancellor of the Exchequer 30 Apr 1694 – May 1699; Privy Councillor 10 May 1694; introduced the Recoinage Bill, and instituted the Window Tax to pay for the expense of the recoinage; issued the first Exchequer Bills and carried his bill for the formation of a consolidated fund to meet interest on the various government loans; First Lord of the Treasury 1 May 1697 – Nov 1699; Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer 17 Nov 1699 – 30 Sep 1714; created Baron Halifax 13 Dec 1700; impeached by the House of Lords for obtaining grants from the King in the names of others for himself, and for his share in the Partition Treaty, but the impeachment was dismissed for want of prosecution 24 Jun 1701; charged by House of Commons for neglect of his duties as Auditor of the Exchequer, but his conduct as such was unanimously approved by the House of Lords 1703; successfully moved the rejection of the Occasional Conformity Bill 14 Dec 1703; a Commissioner for negotiating the Union with Scotland 10 Apr 1706; acted as one of the Lords Justices from Queen Anne’s death until the arrival of George I; First Lord of the Treasury from 11 Oct 1714; KG 16 Oct 1714; created Earl of Halifax 19 Oct 1714; Lord Lieutenant, Surrey, from 24 Dec 1714; a great parliamentary orator and brilliant financier; the lifelong friend of Sir Isaac Newton and a munificent patron of literature; FRS 30 Nov 1695, President 30 Nov 1695 – 30 Nov 1698; his collected poems were published in 1715; [? m. 1st, 3 Sep 1685 Elisabeth, dau. of Francis Forster, South Bailey, Durham]; m. Feb 1688 Anne, widow of his cousin Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, and dau. of Sir Christopher Yelverton, Bart.; d. 19 May 1715. Buried in Duke of Albemarle’s vault, Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.