(Viscount of Alamein, Bernard Law, 1887-1976, Field Marshal)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed Monty to My dear Walter
Sir Walter MONCKTON (1st Viscount Brenchley, Walter Turner, 1891-1965, Director of Midland Bank Ltd.) saying the Wednesday 13th March will suit me for your Introduction. I note you will have a lunch party first. I will communicate with you later as to details of the rehearsal..., and telling him to send any further information to Isington Mill, 1 side 8vo., Trianon Palace Hotel, France, 25th February
Monckton was made Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in 1957. He had wanted to become Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and indeed had been promised the job by Churchill and the subsequent two prime ministers, but in 1957 he decided instead to join the board of Midland Bank.