MONSON, Charles (?1695-1764), of Spring Gardens, London.

Monson, a practising lawyer, unsuccessfully contested Lincoln in 1728, when his brother Lord Monson gave up to him an estate of £600 p.a. to enable him to stand.Monson mss 7/10/31, Lincs. Archives Office. Returned on his brother’s interest in 1734, he voted consistently with the Administration. In 1737 he was appointed deputy paymaster of the army with a salary of £1,000 p.a. He resigned this post in 1746,Gent. Mag. 1739, p. 306; 1746, p. 45. as it had become inconsistent with a seat in the House of Commons under the Place Act of 1742. He died 26 Aug. 1764.