George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ( 1608 - 1670 )

Birth: Potheridge, near Torrington, Devon, England (06 December 1608) Death: His office at the Cockpit in Whitehall, London, England (03 January 1670) Burial: Westminster Abbey Profession: Soldier; politician; statesman; colonial official Education: King's College, Cambridge (admitted 1627)?; Gray's Inn (admitted 1662) Career: Killed a man and fled to the Netherlands, where he became a soldier (1627-1638); served in the Royalist Army (1639-1644); imprisoned in the Tower (1644-1646); joined the Parliamentary forces (1646); Commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary Army in Scotland (1651-1652, 1654-1660); General of the Fleet (1652-1653); Commissioner for Assessment for Devon (1652, 1657, 1660); MP for Devon (1653, 1660); played a large part in the peaceful Restoration of Charles II (1660); Privy Councillor (1660-death); Master of the Horse (1660-1668); Master of Trinity House (1660-1661); Commissioner for Trade (1660-death); Gentleman of the Bedchamber (1660-death); Keeper of St James's Park (1660-death); Custos Rotulorum for Devon (1660-death); Lord Lieutenant of Devon (1660-death), Middlesex (1662-death); Keeper, Hampton Court (1660-death); High Steward of Kingston-upon-Hull (1661-death), Exeter (1662-death), Barnstaple (1664-death); Colonel of the Duke of Albemarle's Regiment of Foot (Coldstream Guards) (1661); Commissioner for Loyal and Indigent Officers (1662); Commissioner for Tangier (1662-death); Commissioner for the sale of Dunkirk (1662); Lord Proprietor of Carolina (1663); Assistant, Royal Adventurers into Africa (1664-death); member of the Company of the Royal Fishery of England (1664); Commissioner for Prize Appeals (1665-1667); Deputy Lord High Admiral (1665); First Lord of the Treasury (1667-death); Commissioner for Public Accounts (Ireland) (1668) Honours: KG 1660; Baron Monck of Potheridge, Beauchamp and Teyes, Earl of Torrington and Duke of Albemarle 1660 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/01/1665 Proposers: William Brouncker.