Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, of Brenchley in the County of Kent, is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 11 February 1957 for the lawyer, Conservative politician and former Minister of Defence, Sir Walter Monckton. His son, the second viscount, was a major-general in the British Army. As of 2018^[update] the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the third viscount, who succeeded in 2006. He is a journalist known for his denial of climate change, for his work for The Heartland Institute^[2] and as the creator of the Eternity puzzle.

Rosa Monckton, Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest, a life peer, is the only daughter of the second viscount and a sister of the present viscount.

Viscounts Monckton of Brenchley (1957)

Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (1891–1965)
Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (1915–2006)
Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (b. 1952)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon. Timothy David Robert Monckton (b. 1955).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Dominic Walter Monckton (b. 1985).

Coat of arms of Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
	Crest A martlet Or. Escutcheon 1st & 4th Sable on a chevron between three martlets Or three mullets Sable (Monckton) 2nd & 3rd Or a chevron Gules a chief Vair (St Quintin). Supporters On either side a horse Argent crined and unguled Or gorged with a chain Gold pendant therefrom an escutcheon Sable charged with a roses also Argent barbed and seeded Proper quartering St Quintin (Gules a chevron Or a chief Vair). Motto Famam Extendere Factis ^[3] Badge Within an annulet a martlet Or.

Notes

^ "No. 41000". The London Gazette. 12 February 1957. p. 979.
^ "The Heartland Institute". The Heartland Institute.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

[1] "No. 41000". The London Gazette. 12 February 1957. p. 979.

[2] "The Heartland Institute". The Heartland Institute.

[3] Burke's Peerage. 1959.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Extant viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Sorted by kingdom in which created, then creation date
England	Hereford
Scotland	Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird
Great Britain	Bolingbroke St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood
Ireland	Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Harberton Hawarden Ferrard Monck Gort
United Kingdom	St Vincent Melville Sidmouth Exmouth Combermere Hill Hardinge Bridport Portman Hampden Hambleden Knutsford Esher Goschen Ridley Colville of Culross Selby Knollys Allendale Chilston Scarsdale Mersey Cowdray Devonport Astor Wimborne St Davids Rothermere Allenby Chelmsford Long Ullswater Younger of Leckie Bearsted Craigavon Bridgeman Hailsham Brentford Buckmaster Bledisloe Hanworth Trenchard Samuel Runciman of Doxford Davidson Weir Caldecote Camrose Stansgate Margesson Daventry Addison Kemsley Marchwood Montgomery of Alamein Waverley Thurso Brookeborough Norwich Leathers Soulbury Chandos Malvern De L'Isle Monckton of Brenchley Tenby Mackintosh of Halifax Dunrossil Stuart of Findhorn Rochdale Slim Head Boyd of Merton Mills Blakenham Eccles Dilhorne
Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another of higher precedence.