Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
| The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 November 1915 Ightham Mote, Ightham, Kent, England, UK |
| Died | 22 June 2006 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | British military officer and administrator |
Major-General Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley CB, OBE, MC, Knight of Malta (3 November 1915 – 22 June 2006) served in the British Army from 1939 to 1967, retiring with the rank of Major-General. He was Army director of public relations in the 1960s when the conduct of the Army's personnel came under scrutiny during the Profumo Affair.
Monckton was the only son of Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, created Viscount in 1957, and Mary Adelaide Somes Colyer-Ferguson. He was born at Ightham Mote, which was owned by his maternal grandfather, Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson. Monckton's sister, Valerie Goulding, founded the Irish Central Remedial Clinic and became a member of the Seanad Éireann. His father was a British lawyer and politician, and became chief legal advisor to King Edward VIII during the Abdication Crisis in 1936.
Monckton was educated at Harrow and then read agriculture at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1939. He converted to Roman Catholicism at the University of Cambridge, and was later a Knight of St John of Malta. He was bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and was awarded the Grand Cross of Obedience. Viscount Monckton was an active supporter and longtime member of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and held the rank of Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice as well as Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I, its sister order.
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