William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge

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For the seventeenth-century British admiral, see William Monson.

William John Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge, 7th Baron Monson PC (February 18, 1829 – April 16, 1898) was the son of William Monson, 6th Baron Monson.

He married Hon. Maria Maude, daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden, on 7 August 1869. He served as Member of Parliament for Reigate from 1858 until his accession to the peerage in 1862. He died in 1898, aged 69 without issue and his viscountcy became extinct, but his barony passed to his brother, Debonnaire Monson.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Rawlinson	Member of Parliament for Reigate 1858–1862	Succeeded by Granville Leveson-Gower
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Poltimore	Treasurer of the Household 1874	Succeeded by Earl Percy
Preceded by Lord Skelmersdale	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1880–1885	Succeeded by Viscount Barrington
Preceded by Viscount Barrington	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1886	Succeeded by The Earl of Kintore
Preceded by The Duke of Portland	Master of the Horse 1892–1894	Succeeded by The Earl of Cork
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Monson	Baron Monson 1862–1898	Succeeded by Debonnaire Monson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Viscount Oxenbridge 1886–1898	Succeeded by Title extinct