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Monck entered politics in 1667 (at the age of fourteen), when he became MP for Devonshire . He was forced to leave the House Of Commons in 1670 , however, upon the inheritance of his father's peerage titles; that year, he also became a Gentleman of the Bedchamber. Albemarle, who had been created a Knight Of The Garter and a Privy Council lor, became Lord Lieutenant Of Devon in 1675 , and would serve in that capacity for ten years. Meanwhile, he became a titular Colonel of several horse regiments of the British Army . In 1685 , he resigned the Lord Lieutenancy of Devon to fight James Scott, 1st Duke Of Monmouth , but was largely unsuccessful as a military leader. After serving in a few more minor positions, Albemarle died in Whitehall , London at the age of thirty-five. |