Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edmund St John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, KCMG (9 September 1883 – 16 April 1969) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries.

Career

Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet and succeeded his elder brother to the baronetcy created in 1905 for his father (also a diplomat). He was educated at Eton College

He entered the British diplomatic service in 1906 and served in junior capacities in Constantinople, Tokyo, Paris and Tehran. He was promoted to Embassy Counsellor in 1923.[1] In 1926, he was appointed Minister to Colombia.[2] This was followed by the same post in Mexico from 1929 to 1934,[3] and to the Baltic states from 1934 to 1937.[4] He was Minister to Sweden from 1938 to 1939.[5] He was knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1938 on his appointment to Sweden,[6] two years after succeeding his brother to the baronetcy.

Footnotes
  1. "No. 32852". The London Gazette. 10 August 1923. p. 5492.
  2. "No. 33168". The London Gazette. 1 June 1926. p. 3565.
  3. "No. 33588". The London Gazette. 14 March 1930. p. 1641.
  4. "No. 34156". The London Gazette. 3 May 1935. p. 2894.
  5. "No. 34496". The London Gazette. 25 March 1938. p. 2006.
  6. "No. 34469". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1938. p. 6.
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  • MONSON, Sir Edmund St John Debonnaire John, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
  • Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton, An Arabian Diary 1969), 339.
  • Burke's Peerage (1939 edition), 1762.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
William Seeds		 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia
1926–1929		 Succeeded by
Spencer Dickson
Preceded by
Sir Esmond Ovey		 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Mexico
1929–1934		 Succeeded by
John Murray
Preceded by
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen		 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Riga, Tallinn and Kovno
1935–1937		 Succeeded by
Sir Charles Orde
Preceded by
Michael Palairet		 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stockholm
1938–1939		 Succeeded by
Victor Mallet
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