Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell

Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, PC (1881-1969) was a British Conservative politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.

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1881 - 1969 - Conservative - Chief Whip - 1931 - First Lord of the Admiralty

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His parents were Lt.Col. Bolton James Alfred Monsell, a soldier and a Chief Constable in the Metropolitan Police, and Mary Beverley, daughter of Sir Edmund Ogle, 6th Bt. Bolton Monsell took the name Eyres upon his marriage to Caroline Eyres.

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Eyres-Monsell served as Member of Parliament for the Evesham Division of Worcestershire from 1910 to 1935. He became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1931.

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Member of Parliament - Evesham - Worcestershire - 1910 - 1935 - 1931

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He was created Viscount Monsell in 1935, retaining his office in government until 1936.

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Viscount Monsell - 1935 - 1936

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Lord Monsell's daughter, the Hon. Joan Eyres-Monsell, was married for the second time in 1968 to Patrick Leigh Fermor, the traveller and author.

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1968 - Patrick Leigh Fermor

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