Background
Monk was born at Peterborough, the son of Rt. Review James Henry Monk Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and his wife Jane Smart Hughes daughter of Review Hugh Hughes of Huneaton Warwickshire.
Monk was born at Peterborough, the son of Rt. Review James Henry Monk Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and his wife Jane Smart Hughes daughter of Review Hugh Hughes of Huneaton Warwickshire.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1850, he was called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn. He became Chancellor of the diocese of Bristol in 1855 and Chancellor of diocese of Gloucester in 1859. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire
At the 1857 general election Monk stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Cricklade.
He was re-elected for Gloucester in 1865 and held the seat until 1885.
He was author of the Revenue Officers" Disabilities Removal Acting, 1868. Monk did not stand in the 1885 general election, when the parliamentary borough of Gloucester was abolished and the name transferred to a new county division with the same name, but covering a bigger area.
Monk was President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom from 1881 to 1884 and became a director of the Suez Canal Company in 1884. He was author of The Golden Horn.
Monk lived at Bedwell Park, Hatfield, Hertshire, where he died at the age of 75.
Monk married Julia Ralli, daughter of Philisophy South. Ralli of London in 1853.
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He was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Gloucester at the 1859 general election but was unseated on petition.