Background
Monson was the son of William Monson, 6th Baron Monson, and Eliza, daughter of Edmund Larken.
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Career
He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 under William Ewart Gladstone. He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Treasurer of the Household in 1874 and as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1874. In 1886 he was created Viscount Oxenbridge, of Burton in the County of Lincoln.
He again held office under Gladstone as Master of the Horse between 1892 and 1894.
From 1880 to 1892 he was Chief Liberal Whip in the House of Lords. Lord Oxenbridge married Maria, Dowager Countess of Yarborough, daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden and widow of Charles Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, on 7 August 1869.
The marriage was childless. She died in December 1897.
Lord Oxebridge only survived her by a few months and died in April 1898, aged 69.
Membership
17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament]
Monson was elected Member of Parliament for Reigate in 1858, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the peerage in 1862 and entered the House of Lords.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Liberal party