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.

References

• 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.

1. The London Gazette: no. 32852. p. 5492. 10 August 1923. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
2. The London Gazette: no. 33168. p. 3565. 1 June 1926. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
3. The London Gazette: no. 33588. p. 1641. 14 March 1930. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
4. The London Gazette: no. 34156. p. 2894. 3 May 1935. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
5. The London Gazette: no. 34496. p. 2006. 25 March 1938.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34469. p. 6. 1 January 1938.