Thomas Monck

Origins

Career

Marriage and children

• Anthony Monck I, eldest son, died childless before 1620;
• Anthony Monck II, 2nd son, died childless before 1620;
• Col. Thomas Monck, 3rd and eldest surviving son and heir, who married Mary Gould a daughter of William Gould of Hayes. His eldest son and heir apparent was Lt Thomas Monck, lieutenant to his father, who during the Civil War was slain in South Street, Exeter, on the night of 9 July 1644 "through some mistake as to the password", and was buried at Great Torrington near Potheridge. His 2nd son George Monck died aged 22, also during the Civil War, at Dalkeith House in Scotland, the headquarters of his uncle the Duke of Albemarle.
• George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle KG, 4th son, who assisted by his half-first cousin John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath played a pivotal role in effecting the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660.
• Nicholas Monck, 5th son, Bishop of Hereford. From 1640 he served as Rector of Langtree, a parish near Potheridge, and was given the Rectory of Kilkhampton in Cornwall by his half-cousin Sir John Grenville. After the Restoration of the Monarchy he was appointed by King Charles II as Bishop of Hereford in 1660 and Provost of Eton College. He also played a prominent role in assisting his eminent elder brother in effecting the Restoration.