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unusual facts about John Monson, 1st Baron Monson


Baron Monson

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


John Monson

Monson was the son of Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet of South Carlton and Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and his wife Ursula Oxenbridge, daughter of Sir Robert Oxenbridge of Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire.

John Monson, 1st Baron Monson

On 28 May of the following year he was created a peer, with the title of Baron Monson of Burton, Lincolnshire.

John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson

In 1768, he signed a protest against the bill to limit the dividends of the East India Company.

Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet

Sir John Monson's descendant, another Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet (1693–1748), was created Baron Monson in 1728.


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