William John Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge PC (18 February 1829 – 16 April 1898), known as The Lord Monson between 1862 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician. He served as

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between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 under

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Background

Monson was the son of William Monson, 6th Baron Monson, and

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, daughter of Edmund Larken. The diplomat Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet, was his younger brother.''Burke's Peerage 2003'', page 2741 He was educated at

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(1838-42),

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and

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Political career

Monson was elected Member of Parliament for

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in 1858, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the peerage in 1862 and entered the

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.''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971'', page 213 He served under

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in 1874 and as

between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 and was sworn of the

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in 1874. In 1886, he was created Viscount Oxenbridge, of Burton in the County of Lincoln. He again held office under Gladstone as

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between 1892 and 1894. From 1880 to 1892 he was Chief Liberal Whip in the House of Lords. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 2nd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps and its successor, the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), on 18 March 1882.''Army List''.

Family

Lord Oxenbridge married Maria, Dowager Countess of Yarborough, daughter of

Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden (28 March 1780 – 12 October 1856) was a British Conservative politician. Hawarden was the son of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden, by his second wife Anne Isabella (née Monck), and succeeded his h ...

, and widow of Charles Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, on 7 August 1869. The marriage was childless. She died in December 1897. Lord Oxenbridge only survived her by a few months and died in April 1898, aged 69. As he had no children the viscountcy became extinct on his death, while he was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Debonnaire Monson, 8th Baron Monson.

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