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 | |
| Born | 10 February 1657 Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire, England |
| Died | 10 February 1731 (aged 74) Longwood House, Hampshire, England, UK[1] |
| Resting place | Owslebury |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse | Alice Margetson (1693–1731 †) |
| Children | George (1697–1749); Alicia (1705–1714?) |
| Occupation | Soldier and politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain |
| Branch/service | Cavalry |
| Years of service | 1673–1722 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Unit | Colonel, 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.