Baron Monk Bretton, of Conyboro and

Hurstpierpoint Hurstpierpoint is a village in the Mid Sussex district, in the county of West Sussex, England, southwest of Burgess Hill, and west of Hassocks railway station. It sits in the civil parish of Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common which has an ...

in the County of Sussex, is a title in the

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.The

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, Number 25411 (4753). Tuesday, November 4, 1884. ''Whitehall, November 3, 1884. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten, namely :— The Right Honourable John George Dodson, by the name, style, and title of Baron Monk Bretton, of Conyboro, and of Hurstpierpoint, in the county of Sussex''. (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25411/page/4753/data.pdf) It was created by letters patent on 4 November 1884 for the

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politician

John George Dodson John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, PC (18 October 1825 – 25 May 1897), known before 1884 as John George Dodson, was a British Liberal politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) between 186 ...

. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was notably chairman of the

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from 1929 to 1930. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year. The judge Sir John Dodson was the father of the first Baron.

Barons Monk Bretton (1884)

John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (18 October 1825 – 25 May 1897), known before 1884 as John George Dodson, was a British UK Liberal Party, Liberal politician. He was Chairman of Ways ...

(1825–1897) * John William Dodson, 2nd Baron Monk Bretton (1869–1933) *John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton, John Charles Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton (1924–2022) *Christopher Mark Dodson, 4th Baron Monk Bretton (b. 1958) The heir apparent is his elder son, Hon. Benjamin Charles Dodson (b. 1989)

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* * *''The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time'', by Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, London, Harrison, 59, Pall Mall, 1884. {{DEFAULTSORT:Monk Bretton Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1884 Peerages created for UK MPs