Christopher Monckton the "Viscount of Brenchley"

Monckton was born into the title of the third Viscount Monckton of Brenchely.

Christopher Monckton and the "Eternity Puzzle"

Monckton's claim-to-fame was his creation of the "eternity puzzle," a board game that Monckton believed so challenging that he offered 1 million euros to the first person to solve it. In 16 months the eternity puzzle was solved by an unemployed mathematician from Cambridge.

At the time, Monckton claimed that he would have to sell his 19th century castle to cover the prize money.

Christopher Monckton and Global Warming

While Monckton's educational background is in journalism, he has recently been touted by many think tanks as an expert in the field of global warming.

Christopher Monckton and the Heartland Institute

Monckton is listed as a "Global Warming" expert for the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based freemarket think tank. The Heartland Institute frequently attacks the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change. The Heartland Institute has received over $791,000 from oil-giant ExxonMobil since 1998.

The tobacco industry has also been a regular funder to the Heartland Institute, with at least $190,000 coming from Philip Morris since 1993. The Heartland Institute maintains a smoker's rights section on its website called "The Smoker's Lounge."

Christopher Monckton and the Science and Public Policy Institute

Monckton is listed as a "Chief Policy Advisor" for the Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI). The SPPI was until recently managed under the name "Center for Science and Public Policy Institute" by another freemarket think tank called the Frontiers of Freedom.

The Frontiers of Freedom has received over $1 million in funding from oil-giant ExxonMobil.

Christopher Monckton and Margaret Thatcher

Monckton was an advisor to former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Christopher Monckton on AIDS

In a 1987 article for the American Spectator titled the The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS, Monckton wrote that:

.... there is only one way to stop AIDS. That is to screen the entire population regularly and to quarantine all carriers of the disease for life. Every member of the population should be blood-tested every month ... all those found to be infected with the virus, even if only as carriers, should be isolated compulsorily, immediately, and permanently."