1st Baronet, G.C.M.G, P.C., British diplomat. He was the third son of William John Monson, 6th Baron Monson. He was educated at Eton College and then Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1855, and was elected as a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1858. entered the British diplomatic service in 1856, serving as an unpaid attaché, where Lord Cowley called him 'one of the best and most intelligent attachés he ever had'. This secured him an appointment as private secretary to Lord Lyons, the newly appointed British minister in Washington late in 1858. He then transferred to Hanover and Brussels as Third Secretary, but left the diplomatic service in 1865 to stand for Parliament, failing to get elected as Member of Parliament for Reigate. He returned to the diplomatic service in 1869, being appointed Consul in the Azores in 1869; Consul-General in Budapest in 1871 and Second Secretary in Vienna; and to other posts, including as a special envoy in Dalmatia and Montenegro in 1876-77. In 1879, he was sent as minister-resident and consul-general in Uruguay, where he served until 1884. In 1881, during his time there he married Eleanor Catherine Mary Munro, the daughter of a previous consul-general. In 1884, he became minister in Argentina and Paraguay, but quickly in Europe as envoy successively to Copenhagen (1884–88), Athens (1888–92), and Brussels (1892–3). In 1893, he was promoted to ambassador, serving in Vienna until 1896 and then Paris until his retirement in 1904. He was sworn to the Privy Council in 1893 and made a baronet in 1905.
1st Baronet, G.C.M.G, P.C., British diplomat. He was the third son of William John Monson, 6th Baron Monson. He was educated at Eton College and then Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1855, and was elected as a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1858. entered the British diplomatic service in 1856, serving as an unpaid attaché, where Lord Cowley called him 'one of the best and most intelligent attachés he ever had'. This secured him an appointment as private secretary to Lord Lyons, the newly appointed British minister in Washington late in 1858. He then transferred to Hanover and Brussels as Third Secretary, but left the diplomatic service in 1865 to stand for Parliament, failing to get elected as Member of Parliament for Reigate. He returned to the diplomatic service in 1869, being appointed Consul in the Azores in 1869; Consul-General in Budapest in 1871 and Second Secretary in Vienna; and to other posts, including as a special envoy in Dalmatia and Montenegro in 1876-77. In 1879, he was sent as minister-resident and consul-general in Uruguay, where he served until 1884. In 1881, during his time there he married Eleanor Catherine Mary Munro, the daughter of a previous consul-general. In 1884, he became minister in Argentina and Paraguay, but quickly in Europe as envoy successively to Copenhagen (1884–88), Athens (1888–92), and Brussels (1892–3). In 1893, he was promoted to ambassador, serving in Vienna until 1896 and then Paris until his retirement in 1904. He was sworn to the Privy Council in 1893 and made a baronet in 1905.
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