The Lord Monson | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 13 March 1961 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 10th Baron Monson |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 12 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
| Succeeded by | The 5th Earl of Lytton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1932 |
| Died | 12 February 2011 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Parents |
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| Education | |
| 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, he was murdered by police.[3]