monck

noun

1. Sir Charles Stanley,4th Viscount Monck, 1st Baron Monck, 1819–94, British colonial administrator, born in Ireland: governor general of Canada 1861–68.
2. Also Monk. George,1st Duke of Albermarle and Earl of Torrington, 1608–70, English general.

noun

1. 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)