Education
He was educated at Rugby School and while living on King Street in 1851 he became a Solicitor"s Articled clerk for the City of London.
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John Monckton
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Career
He was elected Town Clerk of London after the death of Frederick Woodthorpe on 17 July 1873 and served until 3 February 1902, his death date. The "Remembrancer" officiated during vacancy until the next Town Clerk was elected on 1 May 1902. He represented the "Guild of Saddlers of the City of London" in 1875.
He was a Master of "Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London" in 1893 & 1894.
He was one of ten children growing up on King Street, Maidstone, Kent, England. Their eldest son was composer Lionel Monckton.
Their daughter, Mistress Augusta Moore, who wrote as "Martin J. Pritchard," was a popular novelist of the period.
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London in the south-east part of the central enclosed roundel.
