Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, of Brenchley in the County of Kent, is an hereditary

Hereditary peer

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 title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1957 for the lawyer, Conservative

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 politician and former Minister of Defence

Minister of Defence (UK)

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, Sir Walter Monckton

Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC was a British politician.-Early years:...

. His son, the second Viscount, was a Major-General in the British Army. Currently 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 global warming

Global warming

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 and as the creator of the Eternity puzzle

Eternity puzzle

Eternity is a tiling puzzle created by Christopher Monckton and launched by the Ertl Company in June 1999. Consisting of 209 pieces, it was marketed as being practically unsolveable, with a £1 million prize on offer for whoever could solve it within four years. The prize was paid out in October...

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Viscounts Monckton of Brenchley (1957)

• Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC was a British politician.-Early years:...
  
   (1891–1965)
• Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley CB, OBE, MC served in the British Army from 1939 to 1967, retiring with the rank of Major-General...
  
   (1915–2006)
• His Pranciness, Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley is a British politician, public speaker, former newspaper editor and hereditary peer. Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, Monckton has been the Head of the Policy Unit for the UK Independence Party since November 2010. He was...
  
  

The Heir Presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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is the present holder's brother the Hon. Timothy David Robert Monckton (born 'Mr' in 1955, see above)