Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough

Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Senior Privy Counsellor
In office
1730–1735
First Lord of the Treasury
In office
1689–1690
Personal details
Born1658 (1658)
Died25 October 1735 (aged 76–77)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyTory (c. 1708)
Whig (before c. 1708)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1678; died 1709)

Anastasia Robinson (m. ~1722)
Children3, including John
Parents
RelativesJohn Mordaunt (grandfather)
Thomas Carey (grandfather)
Henry Mordaunt (uncle)
EducationChrist Church, Oxford
Military career
ServiceBritish Army
WarsWar of the Spanish Succession

Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC (1658 – 25 October 1735) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth. Mordaunt's father, John Mordaunt, was created Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon and Baron Mordaunt of Reigate, Surrey, in 1659.[1]

  1. ^ Courtney 1911, p. 298.