1st baron monck
[muhngk] /mʌŋk/
noun
sir charles stanley (4th viscount monck, 1st baron monck) 1819–94, british colonial administrator, born in ireland: governor general of canada 1861–68.
also, monk. george (1st duke of albermarle and earl of torrington) 1608–70, english general.
monck
/mʌŋk/
noun
george. 1st duke of albemarle. 1608–70, english general. in the civil war he was a royalist until captured (1644) and persuaded to support the commonwealth. after cromwell’s death he was instrumental in the restoration of charles ii (1660)
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