John Monckton (town clerk)

Sir John Braddick Monckton FSA (8 July 1832 – 3 February 1902)^[1] was a British lawyer and civil servant, then Town Clerk of London for 30 years until his death.^[2] He was elected Town Clerk of London after the death of Frederick Woodthorpe on 17 July 1873 and served until 3 February 1902, his death date. The "Remembrancer" officiated during vacancy until the next Town Clerk was elected on 1 May 1902.^[3]

He was educated at Rugby School and while living on King Street in 1851 he became a Solicitor's Articled clerk for the City of London.^[4]

He represented the 'Guild of Saddlers of the City of London' in 1875.^[5]

He was a Master of 'Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London' in 1893 & 1894.^[6]

Funerary monument (detail), Brompton Cemetery, London

Family

His parents were John Monckton (born about 1803 in East Peckham (Kent) - died September 1886 in Maidstone, Kent, England and Eliza Whitmore (maiden name unknown). He was one of ten children growing up on King Street, Maidstone, Kent, England.^[7]

In 1858 he married an amateur actress Maria Louisa Long (1837–1920).^[8][9]

Their eldest son was composer Lionel Monckton.^[10] Their daughter, Mrs. Augusta Moore, who wrote as 'Martin J. Pritchard,' was a popular novelist of the period.

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London^[11] in the south-east part of the central enclosed roundel.

See also

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

• Ralph Crepyn, town clerk of London
• John Carpenter, town clerk of London
• John Sadler (1615-1674), town clerk of London

References

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