Rosa Monckton


Rosamond "Rosa" Mary Monckton , MBE is an English business woman and charity campaigner.

Background

Monckton is the daughter of Marianna Laetitia Bower and Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and was educated at the Ursuline Convent at Tildonk in Belgium.
Monckton's elder brother is Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton, journalist, public speaker, and outspoken climate change sceptic. She also has three younger brothers: twins Timothy and Jonathan, and Anthony.
She is married to the journalist The Hon. Dominic Lawson. They have three daughters, Domenica, Savannah and Natalia. Domenica has Down syndrome; her godmother was Monckton's friend Diana, Princess of Wales.

Career

Rosa Monckton served as the president of Tiffany & Co. She was later Chief Executive of Asprey & Garrard until in 2002 she became a non-executive chairman of Asprey London and Garrard & Co.
In 2017, Monckton wrote a controversial piece for The Spectator arguing for learning-disabled people to be able to work for less pay than minimum wage, citing 1.3 million unemployed people of 1.4 million people with learning disabilities in the UK. This article was criticised by members of the disability rights movement.

Fundraising

Rosa Lawson is a fundraiser and supports several charities relating to children and Down syndrome. The charities include:
Lawson was awarded a Member of the Order of British Empire in 2017 Birthday Honours List for voluntary and charitable services to People with Learning Disabilities and their Families in the UK and Abroad.