John Monson, 11th Baron Monson

The Right Honourable
The Lord Monson
The Right Honourable The Lord Monson
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 1958 – 11 November 1999; as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 10th Baron Monson
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
	In office; 11 November 1999 – 12 February 2011; as an elected hereditary peer
Preceded by	Seat created
Succeeded by	The Earl of Lytton
Personal details
Born	3 May 1932
Died	12 February 2011 (aged 78)
Political party	Crossbench
Parent(s)	John Monson; Bettie Northrup Powell;
Education	Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge;
Occupation	Politician and peer

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 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.^[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.^{[unreliable source]}
^ 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 Member of the House of Lords (1958–1999)	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

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[1] Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page 5857". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2012-05-28.^{[unreliable source]}

[2] London Evening Standard 24 May 2012

[3] "Judge rules police liable for death of British aristocrat Alexander Monson". Sky News.

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The Right Honourable The Lord Monson

Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 1958 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 10th Baron Monson
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
In office 11 November 1999 – 12 February 2011 as an elected hereditary peer
Preceded by	Seat created
Succeeded by	The Earl of Lytton

Personal details
Born	(1932-05-03)3 May 1932
Died	12 February 2011(2011-02-12) (aged 78)
Political party	Crossbench
Parent(s)	John Monson Bettie Northrup Powell
Education	Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Politician and peer