Monk was born in
Midsomer Norton, Somerset, on 13 May 1917. He was awarded the
OBE in 1979. He became a councillor on the Falkland Islands and initially rose to prominence when opposing moves by government minister
Nicholas Ridley in 1980–1981 to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the contested sovereignty of the
Falkland Islands. The then Governor of the islands,
Sir Rex Hunt, described as 'Churchillian' a Falklands radio broadcast by Monk on 2 January 1981. He was once referred to as the "only real politician in the Falkland Islands". He died on 5 March 2004 in his retirement in
Llanddewi Brefi, Wales. ==References==