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.
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.
MONGER, WILLIAM, second son of Benjamin Monger, City of London, scrivener, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Thomas Easterby, London; bapt. 14 Nov 1592 (sic); adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church 1613, matr. 21 Feb 1616/7, aged 20, described as “cler. fil. ”, Westminster Student to 1619; BA 1617; adm. Gray’s Inn 8 Feb 1617/8; of Upminster, Essex; d. c. 1656.
MONGER, JOHN, brother of William Monger (qv); bapt. 3 May 1601; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1620, adm. scholar 1621, matr. Mich. 1620; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1622/3 Mary, dau. of Edward Harrison, St. Lawrence Jewry, London; m. 2nd, Mary, dau. of Robert Gravenor, London; d. c. 1654. [perhaps John Monger, St. Michael Queenhithe, City of London, will proved PCC 10 Jul 1654]
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, CHARLES, fourth son of Rev. John Monckton, Vicar of Brenchley, Kent, and his first wife Sarah, dau. of Rev. Samuel Fisher, Vicar of Navestock, Essex; b. 5 Jan 1662/3; adm.; KS 1679; did not obtain election to either University 1682, but elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1683, matr. 17 Dec 1683, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1683 – void 1694; BA 1687; MA 1690; BD and DD 1705; ordained priest (Sodor and Man) 26 May 1689; Vicar of Harringworth, Northants 20 Jan 1689/90 – Mar 1690/1, res.; Vicar of Marcham, Berks., 1692-9; Vicar of St. Clere, Cornwall 1699; Head Master, Liskeard GS, Cornwall; Vicar of Plymouth Charles, Devon 1713-5; Rector of Alverstoke, Hampshire, from 18 Jul 1715; also Perpetual Curate of Gosport, Hampshire, in 1717; m. 29 Dec 1692 Margaret Breedon (IGI); buried Alverstoke, Hampshire 26 Oct 1740.
Monck-Mason, Roger Lewis, son of Lieut.-Col. Roger Henry Monck-Mason DSO, Roy. Munster Fusiliers, and Geraldine Irene, d. of Robert Lewis Verity of Church Crookham, Hants; b. 5 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (KS); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1936, MA 1964; 2nd Lieut. 19 King George V's Own Lancers IA May 1940; Capt. 7 Queen's Own Hussars RAC Jan. 1947, Maj. Dec. 1950, retd Aug. 1970; lived in Malta 1971-8; m. 1st 28 Apr. 1943 Countess Olga Popiel, d. of Arkadjusz Sonow-Gamanski of Russia and widow of Count Alex Popiel of Poland; 2nd 30 June 1984 Kathleen, d. of Percy James Bristow, co. director, and widow of Gilbert Buchner MBE MICE; d. 27 Sept. 1991.