Baron Monson, of Burton in the County of Lincolnshire, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

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. It was created in 1728 for Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet

John Monson, 1st Baron Monson

John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC , known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician....

. The Monson family descends from Thomas Monson, of Carleton, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. He sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Lincolnshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832.-History:...

, Castle Rising

Castle Rising (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Cricklade

Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)

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. On 29 June 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Carleton in the County of Lincoln, in the Baronetage of England. His eldest son, the second Baronet, fought as a Royalist

Cavalier

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 during the Civil War

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 and also represented Lincoln

Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. He married Ursula Oxenbridge, daughter of Sir Robert Oxenbridge of Hurstbourne in Hampshire

Hampshire

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, through which marriage the manor of Broxbourne came into the Monson family. This was to be the seat of the family for many years. His eldest son, the third Baronet, also represented Lincoln in Parliament. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln, Heytesbury

Heytesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Hertford

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 and for Aldborough

Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

His son, the fifth Baronet, represented Lincoln in Parliament. In 1728 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Monson, of Burton in the County of Lincoln. He later served as President of the Board of Trade. Lord Monson married Lady Margaret, youngest daughter of Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham

Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham

Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham was an English peer and politician.Rockingham was the eldest son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham and his wife, the former Lady Anne Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. In 1677, he married Lady Catherine Sondes, a daughter of...

. Their second son the Hon. Lewis Monson succeeded to the Watson estates on the death of his cousin Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham

Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham

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, assumed the surname of Watson in lieu of Monson and was created Baron Sondes in 1760 (his great-grandson was created Earl Sondes

Earl Sondes

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 in 1880; see this title for more information on this branch of the family). Lord Monson was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He declined the offer of an earldom in 1766.

His great-great-grandson, the seventh Baron, was a Liberal

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 politician. In 1886 he was created Viscount Oxenbridge, of Burton in the County of Lincoln, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. However, this title became extinct on his death in 1889, while the barony and baronetcy passed to his brother, the eighth Baron. He held several court positions.
His great-grandson, the eleventh Baron, was a civil liberties

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 campaigner and president of the Society for Individual Freedom

Society for Individual Freedom

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 who sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. He was
one of the ninety elected hereditary peer

Hereditary peer

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s who remained in the House after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999

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. the titles are held by his son.

Several other members of the Monson family have gained distinction. Sir William Monson, younger brother of the first Baronet, was an admiral in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. Sir William Monson

William Monson, 1st Viscount Monson

William Monson, 1st Viscount Monson was one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.William Monson was son of Sir Thomas Monson. He was created Viscount Monson of Castlemaine in 1628 and knighted in 1633. He was elected M.P. for Reigate in 1640, 1645 and 1648. He was nominated as one of...

, second son of the first Baronet, was created Viscount Monson in the Peerage of Ireland

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 in 1628. However, he was a member of the court which tried King Charles I

Charles I of England

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 and was deprived of his honours and sentenced to imprisonment for life in 1661. Also, Sir Edmund Monson

Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet

Sir Edmund John Monson, 1st Baronet GCMG, PC was a British diplomat.-Background and education:Monson was born at Seal, Kent the third son of William John Monson, 6th Baron Monson...

, younger brother of the first Viscount Oxenbridge and the eighth Baron, was a noted diplomat and served as British Ambassador to France from 1896 to 1904. In 1905 he was created a Baronet in his own right (see Monson Baronets

Monson Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Monson family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008....

 for more information).

The family surname and the title of the barony, Monson, is pronounced "Munson".

Monson Baronets, of Carleton (1611)

• Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet (1565–1641)
• Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625 and 1626.Monson was born in the parish, of St Sepulchre's, London, the son of Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet of South Carlton, Lincolnshire and his wife Margaret Anderson, the daughter of...
  
   (1599–1683)
• Sir Henry Monson, 3rd Baronet (1653–1718)
• Sir William Monson, 4th Baronet (1653–1727)
• Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet
  John Monson, 1st Baron Monson
  John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC , known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician....
  
   (created Baron Monson in 1728)

Barons Monson (1728)

• John Monson, 1st Baron Monson
  John Monson, 1st Baron Monson
  John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC , known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician....
  
   (1693–1748)
• John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (1727–1774)
• John Monson, 3rd Baron Monson (1753–1806)
• John George Monson, 4th Baron Monson (1785–1809)
• Frederick John Monson, 5th Baron Monson (1809–1841)
• William John Monson, 6th Baron Monson (1796–1862)
• William John Monson, 7th Baron Monson
  William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge
  William John Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge PC , known as The Lord Monson between 1862 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 under William Ewart Gladstone.-Background:Monson was the son of William Monson, 6th...
  
   (1829–1898) (created Viscount Oxenbridge in 1886)

Barons Monson (1728; Reverted)

• Debonnaire John Monson, 8th Baron Monson (1830–1900)
• Augustus Debonnaire John Monson, 9th Baron Monson (1868–1940)
• John Roseberry Monson, 10th Baron Monson (1907–1958)
• John Monson, 11th Baron Monson
  John Monson, 11th Baron Monson
  John Monson, 11th Baron Monson 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...
  
  (1932–2011)
• Nicholas John Monson, 12th Baron Monson (b. 1955)