Family and Education
b. 6 Dec. 1608, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Monck (d.1629) of Potheridge by Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Smyth. of Heavitree, Devon. m. 23 Jan. 1653, Anne (d. 29 Jan. 1670), da. of John Clarges, farrier, of Drury Lane, Westminster, presumed wid. of Thomas Radford, milliner, of the New Exchange, Strand, Westminster, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); suc. bro. Thomas c.1647; KG 26 May 1660; cr. Duke of Albemarle 7 July 1660.DNB; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 569; Wards 7/76/182; SP23/184/13.
Offices Held

Ensign 1627 – 28, (Dutch army) 1629, capt. of ft. c. 1631 – 38; lt.-col. of ft. (royalist) 1639 – 44; adj.-gen. of ft. [I] (parliamentary) 1646 – 49; gov. of Carrickfergus 1648 – 49; col. of ft. 1650–d. (Coldstream Gds. 1661); lt.-gen. 1651; c.-in-c. [S] 1651 – 52, 1654 – Jan. 1660; gen.-at-sea 1652 – 53, 1666; col. of horse 1654 – 61; ld. gen. Nov. 1659; capt.-gen. Aug. 1660 – d.

Commr. for settlement [S] 1651 – 52, Admiralty 1652 – 59, Feb. – July 1660; councillor of state [S] 1655 – May 1660; commr. for security [S] 1656, army Oct. 1659; councillor of State 2 Jan. – 28 May 1660, PC 28 May 1660 – d.; master of the horse May 1660–8, ld. of Treasury June – Sept. 1660, first ld. 1667 – d.; ld. lt. [I] June 1660–1; master, Trinity House June 1660–1, commr. for trade Nov. 1660 – d.; gent. of the bedchamber Nov. 1660 – d.; commr. for coronation claims Dec. 1660–1, loyal and indigent officers 1662, Tangier 1662 – d., sale of Dunkirk 1662, prize appeals 1665 – 67; dep. ld. high adm. 1665; commr. for royal assent 1667, public accounts [I] 1668.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 427; 1661–2, pp. 416, 475; 1664–5, pp. 226, 289; 1667–8, pp. 90, 564.

Commr. for assessment, Devon 1652, 1657, Jan. 1660, freeman, Portsmouth 1653, j.p. Essex, Mdx. and Surr. 1655 – d., Cambridge July 1660 – d., St. Albans and Saffron Walden Sept. 1660 – d., Haverfordwest Sept. 1660–2, 1666 – d., York and Poole 1661 – d., Buckingham 1663 – d.; commr. for militia, Devon 1659, Devon and Mdx. Mar. 1660; keeper, St. James’s Park Feb. 1660 – d.; custos rot. Devon Mar. 1660 – d.; ld. lt. Devon July 1660 – d., Mdx. 1662 – d.; commr. for sewers, Lincs. Aug. 1660; keeper, Hampton Court Aug. 1660 – d.; bailiff of Teddington, Byfleet and Ashtead Aug. 1660 – d.; warden, Finkley forest by Dec. 1660 – d.; member, corp. for propagation of the Gospel in New England 1661; high steward, Kingston-upon-Hull 1661 – d., Exeter 1662 – d., Barnstaple 1664 – d.; commr. for oyer and terminer, Home, Midland, Norfolk, Northern and Oxford circuits 1662; ld. prop. Carolina 1663, palatine 1669 – d.; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1664–d.R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 354; CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 174, 410; 1661–2, p. 123; 1663–4, pp. 126, 625; Devon RO, Exeter corp. act bk. 10, f. 171; APC Col. i. 299, 309, 368; CSP Col. 1669–74, p. 43.

FRS 1665.

Main residence: Potheridge, Merton, Devon.
Author
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title

MONCK, George (1608-70)

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Oxford 1644
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