Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet
Sir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet , KCMG ( September 9, 1883 - April 16, 1969 ) was a British diplomat .
His father was Sir Edmund John Monson (1834–1909), formerly the British ambassador, in Vienna and Paris, among others. Monson entered the foreign service in 1906 and was posted to Constantinople at the Porte d'Or , Tokyo and Paris. Monson was appointed Counselor to Tehran in 1923. From 1926 to 1929 he was the British envoy in Bogotá. Corresponding uses followed in Mexico, the Baltic States and Sweden.
Edmund Monson inherited the title of Baronet , of Thatched House Lodge in the County of Surrey, which had been created for his father in 1905 on the death of his older brother in 1936 . On January 8, 1938, Monson was named Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George . Since he remained unmarried and childless, his younger brother George Louis Esme John Monson inherited the baronet upon his death in April 1969.
Web links
- Sir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Bt. On thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ To Arabian Diary , University of California Press, 1969, preview in google-books
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| William Seeds |
British Ambassador to Colombia 1926 to 1929 |
Spencer Stuart Dickson |
| Sir Esmond Ovey | British envoy to Mexico from 1929 to 1934 |
Sir Charles Bateman |
| Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen Sir Tudor Vaughan |
British Minister in the Baltics , based in Riga (British Minister to the Baltic States) 1935-1937 |
Charles William Orde |
| Archibald Clark Kerr | British Ambassador to Stockholm January 8, 1938 to 1939 |
Sir Harold Farquhar |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monson, Edmund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monson, Sir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John, 3rd Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1883 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1969 |