Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

[1] It was created on 11 February 1957 for the lawyer, Conservative politician and former Minister of Defence, Sir Walter Monckton.

As of 2018[update] 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[2] and as the creator of the Eternity puzzle.

Rosa Monckton, Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest, a life peer, is the only daughter of the second viscount and a sister of the present viscount.

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon.