Sir John Braddick Monckton FSA (8 July 1832 – 3 February 1902)Monckton Genealogy was a British lawyer and civil servant, then Town Clerk of London for 30 years until his death.He is mentioned in the will of his son and his son's obit. Will probated 16 April 1924, CGPLA Eng. & Wales He was elected Town Clerk of London after the death of Frederick Woodthorpe on 17 July 1873 and served until 3 February 1902, his death date. The "Remembrancer" officiated during vacancy until the next Town Clerk was elected on 1 May 1902.Libraries, Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery, "The Town Clerk", p. 74, from the - www.lma.gov.uk London Metropolitan Archives, [City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London EC 1R 0HB

He was educated at Rugby School and while living on King Street in 1851 he became a Solicitor's Articled clerk for the City of London.Monckton Genealogy - 1851 English Census Record info.

He represented the 'Guild of Saddlers of the City of London' in 1875.Sherwell, John William - "Sadler's Company (London, England)" 1889. Full text at: https://archive.org/stream/descriptivehisto00sher/descriptivehisto00sher_djvu.txt

He was a Master of 'Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London' in 1893 & 1894.The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers of London -

Family His parents were John Monckton (born about 1803 in East Peckham (Kent) - died September 1886 in Maidstone, Kent, England and Eliza Whitmore (maiden name unknown). He was one of ten children growing up on King Street, Maidstone, Kent, England.Fades Genes - John Monckton Case Ancestry -

In 1858 he married an amateur actress Maria Louisa Long (1837–1920).National Portrait Gallery - http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp69947Oviatt Library - Francis Gilbert Webb Collection of Correspondence, 1769-1934 - Call No. ML90 .F73 1769 -

Their eldest son was composer Lionel Monckton.Hyperion Records - Bio note: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C416 Their daughter, Mrs. Augusta Moore, who wrote as 'Martin J. Pritchard,' was a popular novelist of the period.

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, LondonBrompton Cemetery Brompton Cemetery website in the south-east part of the central enclosed roundel.

See also

Ralph Crepyn, town clerk of London John Carpenter, town clerk of London John Sadler (1615-1674), town clerk of London

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