William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway

Serlby Hall, a Galway seat

William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway (died 18 November 1772) was an English peer and MP.

He was born c.1725, the eldest surviving son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway and the elder brother of Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton, Governor of New York. William was educated at Westminster School and succeeded his father as Viscount Galway in July 1751. His inheritance included the Grade I listed Serlby Hall in Nottinghamshire. In 1769 he inherited further estates from his maternal aunt, Lady Frances Arundell of Allerton Mauleverer, adopting the additional surname of Arundell in accordance with the terms of her will.

He was MP for Pontefract, a seat controlled by the Galway family, from 1747 to 1748. He was then elected MP for Thirsk (1749–1754) before being returned a second time for Pontefract (1754–1772). He was made Master of the Staghounds from 1765 to 1770.

He died in 1772. He had married Elizabeth, the daughter of Isaac (or Joseph) Da Costa Villa Real, with whom he had 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was succeeded as Viscount in turn by his sons Henry William (1749–1774) and Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway (1752–1810).

References

    Parliament of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    George Morton Pitt
    John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway
    Member of Parliament for Pontefract
    17471748
    With: George Morton Pitt
    Succeeded by
    George Morton Pitt
    John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway
    Preceded by
    Frederick Meinhardt Frankland
    Thomas Frankland
    Member of Parliament for Thirsk
    17491754
    With: Thomas Frankland
    Succeeded by
    Roger Talbot
    Thomas Frankland
    Preceded by
    George Morton Pitt
    Robert Monckton
    Member of Parliament for Pontefract
    17541772
    With: Sambrooke Freeman
    William Gerard Hamilton
    Rowland Winn
    Henry Strachey
    Succeeded by
    Henry Strachey
    Henry William Monckton Arundell
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
    Master of the Staghounds
    1765–1770
    Succeeded by
    William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex
    Peerage of Ireland
    Preceded by
    John Monckton
    Viscount Galway
    17511775
    Succeeded by
    Henry William Monckton Arundell
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