Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
(1891-1965), StatesmanSitter in 9 portraits
Lawyer and politician; Monckton had been the Prince of Wales's contemporary at Oxford and was his Attorney-General (1932-36) and closest confidant during the abdication crisis; his services were recognised too by George VI who dubbed him the first knight of his reign on 1 January 1937.
Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Sir David Low
pencil, circa 1950s-1963
NPG 4529(250)
Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Sir David Low
pencil, circa 1950s-1963
NPG 4529(251)
Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Sir David Low
pencil, circa 1950s-1963
NPG 4529(252)
Charles, 1st Viscount Portal; Brendan Bracken; King George VI; Walter, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Photographic News Agencies Limited
bromide press print, 20 August 1941
NPG x184258
Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1944
NPG x14146
Winston Churchill and his cabinet of 1955
by International News Photos
vintage print, 1955
NPG x182304
Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 19 February 1957
NPG x90670
Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 19 February 1957
NPG x82435
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