Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle

The 2nd Duke of Albemarle.

Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, KG PC (14 August 1653 – 6 October 1688) was an English statesman and failed soldier.

Monck entered politics in January 1667 (at the age of thirteen), when he became MP for Devonshire. He was forced to leave the House of Commons in 1670, however, upon the inheritance of his father's peerage titles; that year, he also became a Gentleman of the Bedchamber. Albemarle, who had been created a Knight of the Garter and a Privy Councillor, became Lord Lieutenant of Devon in 1675, and would serve in that capacity for ten years. Meanwhile, he became a titular colonel of several horse regiments of the British Army. In 1685, he resigned the Lord Lieutenancy of Devon to fight James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, but was largely unsuccessful as a military leader. After serving in a few more minor positions, Albemarle died in Whitehall, London at the age of thirty-five.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Hugh Pollard, Bt Sir John Rolle	Member of Parliament for Devonshire with Sir John Rolle 1667–1670	Succeeded by Sir John Rolle Sir Coplestone Bampfylde
Military offices
Preceded by The Duke of Monmouth	Captain and Colonel of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards 1679–1685	Succeeded by The Earl of Feversham
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Bath	Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Devon 1675–1685	Succeeded by The Earl of Bath
Preceded by The Earl of Oxford	Lord Lieutenant of Essex jointly with The Earl of Oxford 1675–1687	Succeeded by The Lord Petre
Government offices
Preceded by Hender Molesworth	Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica 1687–1688	Succeeded by Hender Molesworth, acting
Peerage of England
Preceded by George Monck	Duke of Albemarle 1670–1685	Extinct