Monckton, Robert, 1726-1782

found: University of Nottingham. Dept. of Manuscripts. Monckton papers, 1986:prelim. p. (General Robert Monckton, 1726-1782)

found: World Biographical Information System, viewed March 18, 2013(Monckton, Robert, male, year of birth: 1726, year of death: 1782; Occupation: general, colonial governor)

found: Dictionary of American Biography(Monckton, Robert (June 24, 1726-May 21, 1782), named governor of New York ... where his 'easy disposition" scarcely fitted him for rigorous administration, and a year later left for England)

found: Dictionary of Canadian Biography online, viewed March 18, 2013(By June 1762 [Monckton] was back at his post in New York. Monckton left North America for England on 28 June 1763, though he retained the governorship of New York until 14 June 1765, and was subsequently regarded as a "friend of America")