Background
He was the son of Sir William Monson, 4th Baronet of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Anne, daughter of Charles Wren of the Isle of Ely. He was born in 1693.
He was the son of Sir William Monson, 4th Baronet of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Anne, daughter of Charles Wren of the Isle of Ely. He was born in 1693.
Christ Church.
He matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, on 26 January 1708. On 4 April 1722, he was returned to the House of Commons for the city of Lincoln, and was re-elected on 30 August 1727. On 28 May of the following year he was created a peer, with the title of Baron Monson of Burton, Lincolnshire.
Lord Hervey in mentioning him among the new creations, but calls him wrongly Sir William.
In June 1733, Monson was named captain of the band of gentlemen pensioners, and in June 1737 was appointed first commissioner of trade and plantations. In this office, he was confirmed when the board was reconstituted in 1745, and he continued to hold it till his death.
On 31 July 1737, He was made a privy councillor. Monson died on 20 July 1748, and the Duke of Newcastle, in a letter to the Duke of Bedford, dated 12 August
1748, condoles with him upon "the loss of so valuable a man and so amiable a friend," and Bedford in reply uses similar expressions of regret.
6th Parliament of Great Britain.