See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIR WILLIAM MONSON (c. 1569-1643)

MONSON (c. 1569-1643)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was the third son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MONSON, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1569-1643)

Monson of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carlton in See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, where the See also:

• FAMILY

family was of old See also:

• STANDING

standing . He matriculated at Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, in 1581, but ran away to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in 1585, being then according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account sixteen . His first services were in a See also:

• PRIVATEER

privateer in an See also:

• ACTION

action with a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• SHIP

ship in the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BISCAY (Vizcaya)
• BISCAY, BAY OF (Fr. Golfe de Gascogne; Sp. Golfo de Vizcaya)

Biscay, of which he gives a somewhat Munchausenlike account in his See also:

• NAVAL

Naval Tracts . In the See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada See also:

• YEAR

year he served as See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of the " See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles," a small ship of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's . There being at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time no See also:

• REGULAR

regular naval service, Monson is next found serving with the adventurous See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford, 3rd See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland (1558-1605), whom he followed in his voyages of 1589, 1591 and 1593 . During the second of these ventures Monson had the See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• LUCK

luck to be taken prisoner by the Spaniards in a recaptured See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, and was for a time detained at See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon in captivity . His cruises must have brought him some profit, for in 1595 he was able to marry, and he thought it See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth while to take his M.A. degree . The earl offended him by showing favour to another follower, and Monson turned elsewhere . In the expedition to See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz in 1596, he commanded the " Repulse " (5o) . From this time till the conclusion of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain he was in See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant employment . In 16oz he commanded the last See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron fitted out in the reign of Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . In 1604 he was appointed admiral of the Narrow Seas, the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the Channel squadron of See also:

• MODERN

modern times: In 1614 he was sent to the coasts of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland to repress the pirates who then swarmed on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast .

Monson claimed to have extirpated these pests, but it is certain that they were numerous a See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation later . After 1614 he saw no further active service till 1635, when he went to sea as See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet fitted out by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Charles I. with the first ship-See also:

• MONEY

money . He spent the last years of his See also:

• LIFE

life in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing his Tracts, and died in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1643 . His claim to be remembered is not based on his services as a naval officer, though they were undoubtedly See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable, but on his Tracts . These See also:

• TREATISES

treatises consist in See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical narratives, and in part of argumentative proposals for the reform of abuses, or the development of the naval resources of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form by far the best account by a contemporary of the naval life and transactions of the reign of Queen Elizabeth and the beginning of the reign of King See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James . Monson takes care to do himself full See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, but he is not unfair to his See also:

• CON

con-temporaries . His See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is thoroughly modern, and has hardly a trace of the See also:

• POETRY

poetry of the Elizabethans . He was the first naval officer in the modern sense of the word, a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and See also:

• EDUCATION

education who was trained to the sea, and not simply a soldier put in to fight, with a sailing-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master to handle the ship for him, or a See also:

• TARPAULIN, or TARPAULING (as if tarpalling, from tar, and palling, a covering, Lat. palla, a mantle)

tarpaulin who was a sailor only . Monson's See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Monson (1564—1641), was one of James I.'s favourites, and was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1611 . He held a position of See also:

• TRUST

trust at the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of See also:

• LONDON

London, a circumstance which led to his See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest as one of the participators in the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Sir Thomas See also:

• OVERBURY, SIR THOMAS (1581-1613)

Overbury . He was, however, soon released and he died in May 1641 .

His eldest son was Sir John Monson, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (1600-1683), a member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament under Charles I., and another son was Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Monson (c . 1607—1678), who was created an Irish peer as See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Monson of See also:

• CASTLEMAINE

Castlemaine in 1628 . Having been a member of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court which tried Charles I. the viscount was deprived of his honours and was sentenced to imprisonment for life in 1661 . Sir John Monson's descendant, another Sir John Monson, Bart . (1693-1748), was created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Monson in 1728 . His youngest son was George Monson (1730-1776), who served with the See also:

• ENGLISH

English troops in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India from 1758 to 1763 . The baron's eldest son was John, the end baron (1727-1774), whose son William Monson (1760--1807) served in the Mahratta War under . See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake . William's only son William John (1796—1862) became 6th Baron Monson in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick John, the 5th baron, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1841 . His son William John, the 7th baron (1829—1898), was created Viscount Oxenbridge in 1886 . When he died without sons in 1898 the viscounty became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, but the See also:

• BARONY

barony descended to his brother Debonnaire John(1830-19oo), whose son See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus Debonnaire John (b .

1868) became 9th Baron Monson in 1900 . Another of Viscount Oxenbridge's See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers was Sir See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund John Monson, Bart . (b . 1834), who, after filling many other See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic appointments, was British See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris from 1896 to 1904 . The one authority for the life of Sir William Monson is his own Tracts, but a very See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good account of him is included by See also:

• SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843)

Southey in his Lives of the Admirals, vol. v . The Tracts were first printed in the third See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)
• CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
• CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH HENRY SPENCER (1849-1895)

Churchill's Voyages, but they have been edited for the See also:

• NAVY

Navy See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record Society by Mr See also:

• OPPENHEIM

Oppenheim .