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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
GCVO KCMG MC PC QC
The Right Honourable The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley GCVO KCMG MC PC QC
	Monckton (left) with Admiral Andrew Cunningham in 1942
Minister of Defence
	In office; 20 December 1955 – 18 October 1956
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Selwyn Lloyd
Succeeded by	Antony Head
Personal details
Born	Walter Turner Monckton; 17 January 1891; Plaxtol, Kent, UK
Died	9 January 1965 (aged 73)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Polly Colyer-Fergusson; Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland (m. 1947)
Children	Gilbert, Valerie

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Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC, QC (17 January 1891 – 9 January 1965) was a British lawyer and politician.

Early years

Monckton was born in the village of Plaxtol in north Kent. He was the eldest child of paper manufacturer Frank William Monckton (1861–1924), and his wife, Dora Constance (d. 1915).^[1] He was head boy of his preparatory school, The Knoll, at Woburn Sands in Buckinghamshire, and attended Harrow School from 1904 to 1910.^[1] He played cricket for Harrow against Eton in the famous Fowler's match in 1910. He chose to enter Balliol College, Oxford, as a commoner, despite in 1910 having won an Exhibition to Hertford College. Whilst at Oxford, he played a first-class match for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team in 1911. In 1912 he obtained a third class in Classical Moderations and in 1914 a second in modern history. He was elected president of the Oxford Union in 1913.^[1]

Career

Monckton was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1919. In 1927 he was appointed legal advisor to the Simon Commission. He took silk in 1930.

Monckton served as advisor to King Edward VIII during the abdication crisis, having been Attorney General to the Duchy of Cornwall since 1932. He was Recorder of Hythe from 1930 to 1937. Thanks to his royal connections, he was appointed constitutional advisor to the last Nizam of Hyderabad.

He worked in propaganda and information during the Second World War and became Solicitor General in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government, although he refused to join the Conservative Party.

After the 1945 general election, Monckton returned to legal practice. He also continued to serve as advisor to the Nizam of Hyderabad.

He finally joined the Conservative Party after the war and became a Member of Parliament for Bristol West at a 1951 by-election. Churchill soon appointed him to the cabinet as Minister of Labour and National Service, in which post he served from 1951 to 1955. He was Anthony Eden's Minister of Defence from 1955 to 1956, but was the only cabinet minister to oppose his Suez policy, and was moved in October to the post of Paymaster General, serving until the change of administration in early 1957.

Monckton was created Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, of Brenchley in the County of Kent on 11 February 1957.^[2] He had wanted to become Lord Chief Justice of England and indeed had been promised the job by Churchill and the two subsequent prime ministers, but in 1957 he decided instead to join the board of Midland Bank.^[3]

Monckton was chairman of Midland Bank (1957–1964), President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (1956–1957) despite reportedly once describing the club's main committee as making the Tory Cabinet look like "a band of pinkos",^[4] President of Surrey County Cricket Club (1950–1952 and 1959–1965), Chairman of the Iraq Petroleum Company (1958), and Chancellor of the University of Sussex (1961–1965).

In 1960 he headed the Monckton Commission (sometimes known as the "Advisory Commission on Central Africa"), whose report concluded that the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland could not be maintained except by force or through massive changes in racial legislation. It advocated a majority of African members in the Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesian legislatures and giving these territories the option to leave the Federation after five years.^[5]^[6]

Personal life

He married Polly Colyer-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, the family who owned Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks. In 1947, he married, secondly, Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland, CBE, the wartime head of the ATS counterpart in India, the Women's Army Corps (India), and also of the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS).

He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son Gilbert, born of his first marriage, on his death in 1965 at the age of 73.

Arms

Coat of arms of Walter Monckton
	Crest A martlet Or. Escutcheon 1st & 4th Sable on a chevron between three martlets Or three mullets Sable (Monckton) 2nd & 3rd Or a chevron Gules a chief Vair (St Quintin). Supporters On either side a horse Argent crined and unguled Or gorged with a chain Gold pendant therefrom an escutcheon Sable charged with a roses also Argent barbed and seeded Proper quartering St Quintin (Gules a chevron Or a chief Vair). Motto Famam Extendere Factis ^[7] Badge Within an annulet a martlet Or.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ODNB.
^ "No. 41000". The London Gazette. 12 February 1957. p. 979.
^ Devlin, Patrick, Easing the Passing, 1985. P 93
^ Woodhouse, David (2021). Who Only Cricket Know: Hutton's men in the West Indies, 1953/54. London: Fairfield Books. p. 125. ISBN 9781909811591.
^ R Blake, (1977). A History of Rhodesia, Knopf, p. 331. ISBN 0-394-48068-6.
^ P Murray, (2005). British Documents on the End of Empire: Central Africa, Part I, Volume 9, pp.lxxiv-v, lxxx. ISBN 978-0-11290-586-8
^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.

Pugh, Martin. "Monckton, Walter Turner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35061. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); cited as ODNB.

Sources

The life of Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Frederick Winston Furneaux-Smith, 1969
Walter Monckton, H. Montgomery Hyde, 1991, ISBN 1-85619-045-5
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Oliver Stanley	Member of Parliament for Bristol West 1951–1957	Succeeded by Robert Cooke
Legal offices
Preceded by David Maxwell Fyfe	Solicitor-General for England May 1945 – July 1945	Succeeded by Frank Soskice
Political offices
Preceded by Alfred Robens	Minister of Labour and National Service 1951–1955	Succeeded by Iain Macleod
Preceded by Selwyn Lloyd	Minister of Defence 1955–1956	Succeeded by Antony Head
Vacant Title last held by The Earl of Selkirk	Paymaster General 1956–1957	Succeeded by Reginald Maudling
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Viscount Monckton of Brenchley 1957–1965	Succeeded by Gilbert Monckton

[ODNB-1] ODNB.

[2] "No. 41000". The London Gazette. 12 February 1957. p. 979.

[3] Devlin, Patrick, Easing the Passing, 1985. P 93

[4] Woodhouse, David (2021). Who Only Cricket Know: Hutton's men in the West Indies, 1953/54. London: Fairfield Books. p. 125. ISBN 9781909811591.

[5] R Blake, (1977). A History of Rhodesia, Knopf, p. 331. ISBN 0-394-48068-6.

[6] P Murray, (2005). British Documents on the End of Empire: Central Africa, Part I, Volume 9, pp.lxxiv-v, lxxx. ISBN 978-0-11290-586-8

[7] Burke's Peerage. 1959.

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+'''Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|KCMG|MC|PC|QC}} (17 January 1891 – 9 January 1965) was a British lawyer and [[politician]].
 ==Early years==
-Monckton was born in the village of [[Plaxtol]] in north [[Kent]]. He was the eldest child of paper manufacturer Frank William Monckton (1861–1924), and his wife, Dora Constance (d. 1915).<ref name="ODNB">''ODNB''.</ref> He was head boy of his [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]], The Knoll, at [[Woburn Sands]] in Buckinghamshire, and attended [[Harrow School]] from 1904 to 1910.<ref name="ODNB"/> He chose to enter [[Balliol College, Oxford]], as a [[Commoner (academia)|commoner]] (despite winning in 1910 an [[Exhibition (scholarship)|Exhibition]] to [[Hertford College, Oxford]]) and obtained a third in [[Classical Moderations]] (1912) and a second in history (1914). He was elected president of the [[Oxford Union]] in 1913.<ref name="ODNB"/> He played cricket for [[Eton v Harrow|Harrow against Eton]] in the famous [[Fowler's match]] in 1910. Whilst at Oxford, he played a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match for the combined [[Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team]] in 1911.
+Monckton was born in the village of [[Plaxtol]] in north [[Kent]]. He was the eldest child of paper manufacturer Frank William Monckton (1861–1924), and his wife, Dora Constance (d. 1915).<ref name="ODNB">''ODNB''.</ref> He was head boy of his [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]], The Knoll, at [[Woburn Sands]] in Buckinghamshire, and attended [[Harrow School]] from 1904 to 1910.<ref name="ODNB"/> He played cricket for [[Eton v Harrow|Harrow against Eton]] in the famous [[Fowler's match]] in 1910. He chose to enter [[Balliol College, Oxford]], as a [[Commoner (academia)|commoner]], despite in 1910 having won an [[Exhibition (scholarship)|Exhibition]] to [[Hertford College]]. Whilst at Oxford, he played a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] match for the combined [[Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team]] in 1911. In 1912 he obtained a third class in [[Classical Moderations]] and in 1914 a second in modern history. He was elected president of the [[Oxford Union]] in 1913.<ref name="ODNB"/>
 ==Career==
-Monckton was called to the bar at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1919. In 1927 he was appointed legal advisor to the [[Simon Commission]]. He [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 1930.
+Monckton was [[called to the bar]] at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1919. In 1927 he was appointed legal advisor to the [[Simon Commission]]. He [[took silk]] in 1930.
-Monckton served as advisor to [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII]] during the [[Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII|abdication crisis]], having been Attorney General to the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] since 1932. He was Recorder of [[Hythe, Kent|Hythe]] from 1930 to 1937. Thanks to his royal connections, he was appointed constitutional advisor to the last [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Nizam of Hyderabad]].
+Monckton served as advisor to King [[Edward VIII]] during the [[abdication crisis]], having been Attorney General to the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] since 1932. He was Recorder of [[Hythe, Kent|Hythe]] from 1930 to 1937. Thanks to his royal connections, he was appointed constitutional advisor to the last [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Nizam of Hyderabad]].
-He worked in propaganda and information during [[World War II]] and became [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]] in [[Winston Churchill]]'s 1945 [[caretaker government]], although he refused to join the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
+He worked in propaganda and information during the [[Second World War]] and became [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]] in [[Winston Churchill]]'s 1945 [[caretaker government]], although he refused to join the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
 After the 1945 general election, Monckton returned to legal practice. He also continued to serve as advisor to the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].
-He finally joined the Conservative Party after the war and became a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol West]] at a [[1951 Bristol West by-election|1951 by-election]]. Churchill soon appointed him to the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] as [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]], in which post he served from 1951 to 1955. He was [[Anthony Eden]]'s [[Minister of Defence]] 1955&ndash;56, but was the only cabinet minister to oppose his [[Suez Crisis|Suez]] policy, and was moved to [[Paymaster-General]] 1956&ndash;57.
+He finally joined the Conservative Party after the war and became a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bristol West]] at a [[1951 Bristol West by-election|1951 by-election]]. Churchill soon appointed him to the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] as [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]], in which post he served from 1951 to 1955. He was [[Anthony Eden]]'s [[Minister of Defence]] from 1955 to 1956, but was the only cabinet minister to oppose his [[Suez Crisis|Suez]] policy, and was moved in October to the post of [[Paymaster General]], serving until the change of administration in early 1957.
-Monckton was created '''Viscount Monckton of Brenchley''', ''of [[Brenchley]] in the [[County of Kent]]'' on 11 February 1957.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41000 |date=12 February 1957 |page=979}}</ref> He had wanted to become [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]] and indeed had been promised the job by Churchill and the two subsequent prime ministers, but in 1957 he decided instead to join the board of [[Midland Bank]].<ref>Devlin, Patrick, ''Easing the Passing'', 1985. P 93</ref>
+Monckton was created '''Viscount Monckton of Brenchley''', ''of [[Brenchley]] in the [[County of Kent]]'' on 11 February 1957.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41000 |date=12 February 1957 |page=979}}</ref> He had wanted to become [[Lord Chief Justice of England]] and indeed had been promised the job by Churchill and the two subsequent prime ministers, but in 1957 he decided instead to join the board of [[Midland Bank]].<ref>Devlin, Patrick, ''Easing the Passing'', 1985. P 93</ref>
-Lord Monckton of Brenchley was chairman of [[Midland Bank]] (1957&ndash;64), President of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (1956&ndash;1957), President of [[Surrey County Cricket Club]] (1950&ndash;52 and 1959&ndash;65), Chairman of the [[Iraq Petroleum Company]] (1958), Chairman of the Advisory Commission on Central Africa (1960), and Chancellor of the [[University of Sussex]] (1961–65).
+Monckton was chairman of Midland Bank (1957–1964), President of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (1956–1957) despite reportedly once describing the club's main committee as making the Tory Cabinet look like "a band of [[pinko]]s",<ref>{{cite book |last=Woodhouse |first=David |title=Who Only Cricket Know: Hutton's men in the West Indies, 1953/54 |publisher=Fairfield Books |location=London |year=2021 |pages=125 |isbn=9781909811591}}</ref> President of [[Surrey County Cricket Club]] (1950–1952 and 1959–1965), Chairman of the [[Iraq Petroleum Company]] (1958), and Chancellor of the [[University of Sussex]] (1961–1965).
-In 1960 he headed the [[Monckton Commission]] that concluded that the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] could not be maintained except by force or through massive changes in racial legislation. It advocated a majority of African members in the [[Nyasaland]] and [[Northern Rhodesia]]n legislatures and giving these territories the option to leave the Federation after five years.<ref>R Blake, (1977). A History of Rhodesia, Knopf p. 331. {{ISBN|0-394-48068-6}}.</ref><ref>P Murray, (2005). British Documents on the End of Empire: Central Africa, Part I, Volume 9, pp.lxxiv-v, lxxx. {{ISBN|978-0-11290-586-8}}</ref>
+In 1960 he headed the [[Monckton Commission]] (sometimes known as the "Advisory Commission on Central Africa"), whose report concluded that the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] could not be maintained except by force or through massive changes in racial legislation. It advocated a majority of African members in the [[Nyasaland]] and [[Northern Rhodesia]]n legislatures and giving these territories the option to leave the Federation after five years.<ref>R Blake, (1977). ''A History of Rhodesia'', Knopf, p. 331. {{ISBN|0-394-48068-6}}.</ref><ref>P Murray, (2005). ''British Documents on the End of Empire: Central Africa, Part I'', Volume 9, pp.lxxiv-v, lxxx. {{ISBN|978-0-11290-586-8}}</ref>
 ==Personal life==
 {{unreferenced section|date=April 2016}}
-He married Polly Colyer-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, the family who owned [[Ightham Mote]], Sevenoaks. In 1947, he married, secondly, to [[Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland]], CBE, the wartime head of the ATS counterpart in [[India]], the Women's Army Corps (India), and also of the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS).
+He married Polly Colyer-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, the family who owned [[Ightham Mote]], Sevenoaks. In 1947, he married, secondly, [[Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland]], CBE, the wartime head of the ATS counterpart in [[India]], the Women's Army Corps (India), and also of the [[Women's Royal Indian Naval Service]] (WRINS).
-He was succeeded by his son [[Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley|Gilbert]], born of his first marriage, on his death in 1965 at the age of 73.
+He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son [[Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley|Gilbert]], born of his first marriage, on his death in 1965 at the age of 73.
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 *{{ODNBweb|first=Martin|last=Pugh|id=35061|title=Monckton, Walter Turner}}; cited as ''ODNB''.
 ==Sources==
-*''The life of Viscount Monckton of Brenchley'', [[Frederick Furneaux-Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead|Frederick Winston Furneaux-Smith]], (1969)
+*''The life of Viscount Monckton of Brenchley'', [[Frederick Furneaux-Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead|Frederick Winston Furneaux-Smith]], 1969
-*''Walter Monckton'', [[H. Montgomery Hyde]], (1991), {{ISBN|1-85619-045-5}}
+*''Walter Monckton'', [[H. Montgomery Hyde]], 1991, {{ISBN|1-85619-045-5}}
 *[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17638.html Cricinfo profile]
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