Sir Edmund St John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, KCMG (9 September 1883 – 16 April 1969), was a British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries.

Career

Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet, and succeeded his elder brother to the

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created in 1905 for his father (also a diplomat). He was educated at Eton College He entered the

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in 1906 and served in junior capacities in Constantinople, Tokyo, Paris and Tehran. He was promoted to Embassy Counsellor in 1923. In 1926, he was appointed Minister to Colombia. This was followed by the same post in Mexico from 1929 to 1934, and to the

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from 1934 to 1937. He was Minister to Sweden from 1938 to 1939. He was knighted KCMG in the

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of 1938 on his appointment to Sweden, two years after succeeding his brother to the baronetcy.

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MONSON, Sir Edmund St John Debonnaire John
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 *Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton, ''An Arabian Diary'' 1969), 339. *''Burke's Peerage'' (1939 edition), 1762. {{DEFAULTSORT:Monson, Edmund, 3rd Baronet 1883 births 1969 deaths People educated at Eton College Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mexico Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Latvia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Lithuania Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Estonia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George