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
Born	1658 (1658)
Died	25 October 1735 (aged 76–77) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Tory (c. 1708) Whig (before c. 1708)
Spouse(s)	Carey Fraser ​ ​ (m. 1678; died 1709)​ Anastasia Robinson (m. ~1722)
Children	3, including John
Parents	John Mordaunt (father) Elizabeth Carey (mother)
Relatives	John Mordaunt (grandfather) Thomas Carey (grandfather) Henry Mordaunt (uncle)
Education	Christ Church, Oxford
Military career
Service	British Army
Wars	War 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]