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unusual facts about John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton


John Dodson

John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, (1825–1897), British Liberal politician, son of the above


John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton

Late in life he became concerned about the fate of the African elephant, whose salvation he mooted, in letters to The Times, could come through domestication.

Lord Monk Bretton married Caroline-Florence, second daughter of William John Campion of Danny, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, by Harriet Kemp (daughter of Thomas Read Kemp) in 1856.


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