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Baron Monson

Baron Monson, of Burton in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 18th century for Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet. The Monson family descends from Thomas Monson, of Carleton, Lincolnshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire, Castle Rising and Cricklade. On 29 June 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Carleton in the County of Lincoln, in the Baronetage of England. His eldest son, the second Baronet, fought as a Royalist during the Civil War and also represented Lincoln in the House of Commons.

Monson baronets, of Carleton (1611)
, and his son John, who succeeded him in the baronetcy. • Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet (1565–1641) • Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet (1599–1683) • Sir Henry Monson, 3rd Baronet (1653–1718) • Sir William Monson, 4th Baronet (c. 1654 – 1727) • Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet (c. 1693 – 1748) (created Baron Monson in 1728) Baron Monson (1728) • John Monson, 1st Baron Monson (c. 1693 – 1748) • John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (1727–1774) • John Monson, 3rd Baron Monson (1753–1806) • John George Monson, 4th Baron Monson (1785–1809) • Frederick John Monson, 5th Baron Monson (1809–1841); married and separated from the women's rights campaigner Theodosia Monson. • William John Monson, 6th Baron Monson (1796–1862); son of the former Ann Debonnaire and Colonel William Monson of Lincolnshire, was married to Eliza Larken. Educated at Oxford University, he was deputy-lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1846. Their nine children include the heir to the title of Baron Monson, William John Monson, and Rt. Hon. Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet. • William John Monson, 7th Baron Monson (1829–1898) (created Viscount Oxenbridge in 1886) Viscount Oxenbridge (1886) • William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge (1829–1898) Baron Monson (1728; reverted) • Debonnaire John Monson, 8th Baron Monson (1830–1900) • Augustus Debonnaire John Monson, 9th Baron Monson (1868–1940) • John Roseberry Monson, 10th Baron Monson (1907–1958) • John Monson, 11th Baron Monson (1932–2011) • Nicholas John Monson, 12th Baron Monson (born 1955) • Hon. Alexander John Runan Monson (1984–2012), son and heir of the 12th Baron, was found dead whilst in police custody (pending charges of cannabis use) in Kenya. An inquest determined he was killed by police (an independent pathologist determined cause of death was a fatal blow to the back of the head), and a toxicology report found no drugs in his system at the time of his death. • Rupert Green (died 2017), illegitimate younger son of the 12th Baron; died aged 21 in hospital after an attempted suicide related to psychosis (presumably triggered by cannabis). The heir presumptive is the present holder's younger brother, Hon. Andrew Anthony John Monson (born 1959). Title succession chart ==See also==
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