Arms of the Baron Monk Bretton.Shield: Argent a fesse nebulé gules between six fleurs-de-lis sable; Crest: Two lions' gambs in saltaire gules (from Burke'sThe General Armory, 1884, p. 290).
Baron Monk Bretton, of Conyboro and Hurstpierpoint in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created by letters patent on 4 November 1884 for the Liberal politician John George Dodson. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was notably chairman of the London County Council from 1929 to 1930. As of 2022[update] the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.
Detail of lithographic reproduction, after James Tissot, published in Vanity Fair, 16 December 1871, showing J. G. Dodson, MP, at his post in the House of Commons, Chairman of Ways and Means, 1865-72.
The judge Sir John Dodson was the father of the first Baron.
Christopher Mark Dodson, 4th Baron Monk Bretton (b. 1958)
The heir apparent is his elder son, Hon. Benjamin Charles Dodson (b. 1989)
Notes
^The London Gazette, Number 25411 (4753). Tuesday, November 4, 1884. Whitehall, November 3, 1884. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten, namely :— The Right Honourable John George Dodson, by the name, style, and title of Baron Monk Bretton, of Conyboro, and of Hurstpierpoint, in the county of Sussex. (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25411/page/4753/data.pdf)
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, by Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, London, Harrison, 59, Pall Mall, 1884.
