Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
Member of the House of Lords Hereditary peer | |
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In office 3 January 1670 – 6 October 1688 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 August 1653 |
Died | 6 October 1688 Jamaica | (aged 35)
Resting place | 4 July 1689 Westminster Abbey 51°29′58″N 00°07′39″W / 51.49944°N 0.12750°W |
Nationality | English |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Parents |
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Education | Gray's Inn |
Other titles | Earl of Torrington |
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
Monck briefly served as Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica and is credited with arranging the first boxing match in England.
Life
Early life
Monck was the son and heir of
Monck was educated privately, and entered Gray's Inn in 1662.[2] From 1660 until his father's death ten years later in 1670, he was known by the courtesy title of Earl of Torrington, one of his father's subsidiary titles.
Career
At the age of 13, Monck entered politics, having been elected Member of Parliament (MP) for
In 1673 he raised a regiment as part of the
On 6 January 1681, Monck arranged a boxing match between his butler and his butcher. This was the first recorded boxing match in England. The butcher won the match.[3]
From 1682 until his death, Monck was
After serving in a few more minor positions, in 1687, Monck was appointed
Death and succession
Monck died in Jamaica[2] on 6 October 1688, aged 35. He was buried in Westminster Abbey on 4 July 1689.[5] As the Duke left no children, all his titles became extinct on his death.[2]
Legacy
Monck is credited with the first boxing match in England.
Residences
Potheridge, Devon
His Devonshire seat was
Clarendon House, London
In 1675 Monck purchased for £26,000 the very grand London townhouse Clarendon House from the heirs of its builder, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609–1674). In 1683 he resold it to a consortium of investors led by Sir Thomas Bond, who demolished it and built on its site Albemarle Street, Bond Street and Dover Street.
Family
At the royal Palace of Whitehall in London on 30 December 1669, shortly before his father's death, Monck married Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (d.1734), eldest daughter and co-heiress of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle. She gave birth to a son who died soon after his birth, and Monck left no further surviving children. In 1692 his widow remarried to Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638 – c. 1709). She was buried in Westminster Abbey on 11 September 1734.[11]
References
Citations
- ^ Vivian, p.569
- ^ a b c d History of Parliament Online – Monck, Christopher
- ^ a b Miles, Henry Downes (1906). Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists. Edinburgh: J. Grant. pp. vii.
- ^ "Monck, Christopher (Duke of Albemarle) (MNK681CD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Vivian, p.570
- ^ McEwen (1988), p. 236.
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.568, pedigree of Monk of Potheridge
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.459
- ^ Regnal year 16 Edward I per Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.382
- ^ Pevsner, pp.459–460
- ^ Vivian, Lt. Col. J.L. (ed.), The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.570, pedigree of Monk of Potheridge
Bibliography
- McEwen, Alec (July 1988), "The English Place-Names of the Galápagos", The Geographical Journal, vol. 154, London: Royal Geographical Society, pp. 234–242, JSTOR 633849.
- Ward, Estelle Frances. Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle (London: John Murray, 1915)