George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter

The Lord Carpenter
Lord Carpenter by John Faber the Younger, c. 1719
Member of Parliament
for Westminster
In office
1722–1727
Governor of Menorca
In office
1716–1718
Commander-in-Chief, Scotland
In office
1716–1724
Member of Parliament
for Whitchurch
In office
1715–1722
Member of Parliament
for Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland)
In office
1703–1705
Personal details
Born10 February 1657
Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire, England
Died10 February 1731(1731-02-10) (aged 74)
Longwood House, Hampshire, England, UK[1]
Resting placeOwslebury
Political partyWhig
SpouseAlice Margetson (1693–1731  )
ChildrenGeorge (1697–1749); Alicia (1705–1714?)
OccupationSoldier and politician
Military service
Allegiance Great Britain
Branch/serviceCavalry
Years of service1673–1722
RankLieutenant-General
UnitColonel, 3rd The King's Own Hussars 1703–1732
Battles/wars

Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (10 February 1657 – 10 February 1731) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and peer. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland from 1716 to 1724 and as a member of parliament from 1715 to 1727.

CaCommissioned into the English Army in 1685, Carpenter served in the Williamite War in Ireland, before being transferred to Flanders in 1692 for service in the Nine Years' War. A talented cavalry officer, he held senior positions in the Grand Alliance expeditionary force which fought in the Iberian Peninsula during the War of the Spanish Succession. Wounded several times, he was captured at the Battle of Brihuega in 1710, then later exchanged in a prisoner exchange.

In the 1715 British general election, he was elected to Parliament as a Whig MP for Whitchurch; although nominated as British envoy to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, the appointment was cancelled when the Jacobite rising of 1715 began, and as commander of government forces in Northern England, he played a major role in ending the rebellion in England. In 1719, he was raised to the peerage of Ireland; as holder of an Irish peerage, he remained an MP and in December 1722 was elected for Westminster, retaining the seat until he retired in 1727. He died in February 1732, four months after his wife Alice and was succeeded by their only son, George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter.

  1. ^ Laird.