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John Philip Monckton-Arundell, 13th Viscount Galway (born April 8, 1952 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian rower, as well an Irish peer. He won a bronze medal in the Quadruple Sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the coxless four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 5th place. He succeeded his father as Viscount Galway on September 30, 2017.
Viscount Galway is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1628 in favour of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. He was made Earl of St Albans in the Peerage of England at the same time.
Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, of Brenchley in the County of Kent, is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 February 1957 for the lawyer, Conservative politician and former Minister of Defence, Sir Walter Monckton. His son, the second viscount, was a major-general in the British Army. As of 2018 the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the third viscount, who succeeded in 2006. He is a journalist known for his denial of climate change, for his work for The Heartland Institute and as the creator of the Eternity puzzle.
George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, was a British politician. He served as the fifth Governor-General of New Zealand from 1935 to 1941.
Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, was a British lawyer and politician.
John James Monckton was an Australian backstroke swimmer who won a silver medal in the 100-metre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Although he set multiple world records, he never won an Olympic gold medal.
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician.
George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway, CB JP DL was a British Conservative politician and courtier.
Stretton Hall is an early 18th-century mansion house at Stretton, South Staffordshire. It is the home of a branch of the Monckton family descended from John Monckton 1st Viscount Galway. It is a privately owned Grade II* listed building, not open to the public.
Serlby Hall is a grade I listed 18th century mansion and estate in Nottinghamshire, England, located 7 miles north-east of Worksop.
Monckton is an English surname.
Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery was an Anglo-Irish literary hostess.
Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, PC KB was an English peer and politician.
Henry Monckton was the fourth son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, and the younger half-brother of the more famous Robert Monckton.
Monckton-Arundell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Edward Monckton was a British colonial administrator and nabob, a Whig politician, a member of parliament for 32 years, and an important Staffordshire landowner.
John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons between 1727 and 1751. He was elevated to the peerage of Ireland as the first Viscount Galway in 1727.
George Monckton-Arundell may refer to:
William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway was an English peer and politician.
Vere Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway was a British poet, writer, philanthropist, and woman of letters. In 1910, she co-founded an auxiliary hospital at her home, Serlby Hall, with her husband. She was invested as a Lady of Justice of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, known as Lord Monckton, is a British public speaker and journalist.