Sir George Larpent, 1st Baronet
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Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 1st Baronet (16 February 1786 – 8 March 1855) was a British businessman of Huguenot and Dutch descent and a Liberal Party
politician.
, the inspector of plays. His mother, Anna Margaretta, assisted in this work. She kept a journal for most of her life which is now in the Huntington Library.
He was involved with trade to India, became chairman of the Oriental and China Association, and was deputy chairman of the St. Katherine's Dock company. Larpent stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at a by-election in May 1840 for Ludlow
He was unsuccessful again at a by-election in April 1841 for Nottingham
, but at the general election in June 1841
, just prior to becoming a baronet in August, he won the seat. However, he served little more than a year as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Nottingham; he resigned from Parliament
in August 1842. At the 1847 general election
he stood in the City of London
, where he fell just three votes short of winning the fourth seat.
In 1847 he was Chairman of 'a Committee for promoting the extension of Steam Navigation to Australia and New Zealand', which also included the pioneer of the 'overland route' to the East, Lt. Thomas Waghorn, and another would-be improver of routes to the East, Henry Wise.
He edited the Peninsular War journal of his half-brother, Frances Seymour Larpent, and a History of Turkey from papers left by his grandfather, Sir James Porter.
He died in 1855, having outlived two wives and leaving three sons and a daughter.
In Lady Larpent's garden at Roehampton
, Hampshire, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
was first successfully flowered in England; it was at first given the name Plumbago larpentae, "Lady Larpent's Plumbago.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
Career
Larpent born in London. His elder brother inherited the Hungarian title of Baron de Hochpied, through his mother's line, in 1819. At that time he added de Hochepied to his family name, Larpent. He was made a British baronet in 1841. His father was John LarpentJohn Larpent
-Life:Born 14 November 1741, he was the second son of John Larpent , who was forty-three years in the Foreign Office, and twenty-five years chief clerk there. His mother was a daughter of James Pazant of a refugee Norman family. John was educated at Westminster, and entered the foreign office...
, the inspector of plays. His mother, Anna Margaretta, assisted in this work. She kept a journal for most of her life which is now in the Huntington Library.
He was involved with trade to India, became chairman of the Oriental and China Association, and was deputy chairman of the St. Katherine's Dock company. Larpent stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at a by-election in May 1840 for Ludlow
Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)
Ludlow is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
He was unsuccessful again at a by-election in April 1841 for Nottingham
Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies....
, but at the general election in June 1841
United Kingdom general election, 1841
-Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...
, just prior to becoming a baronet in August, he won the seat. However, he served little more than a year as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Nottingham; he resigned from Parliament
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
in August 1842. At the 1847 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1847
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
he stood in the City of London
City of London (UK Parliament constituency)
The City of London was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.-Boundaries and boundary...
, where he fell just three votes short of winning the fourth seat.
In 1847 he was Chairman of 'a Committee for promoting the extension of Steam Navigation to Australia and New Zealand', which also included the pioneer of the 'overland route' to the East, Lt. Thomas Waghorn, and another would-be improver of routes to the East, Henry Wise.
He edited the Peninsular War journal of his half-brother, Frances Seymour Larpent, and a History of Turkey from papers left by his grandfather, Sir James Porter.
He died in 1855, having outlived two wives and leaving three sons and a daughter.
In Lady Larpent's garden at Roehampton
Roehampton
Roehampton is a district in south-west London, forming the western end of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It lies between the town of Barnes to the north, Putney to the east and Wimbledon Common to the south. The Richmond Park golf courses are west of the neighbourhood, and just south of these is...
, Hampshire, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Ceratostigma
Ceratostigma , or Leadwort, Plumbago, is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Common names are shared with the genus Plumbago....
was first successfully flowered in England; it was at first given the name Plumbago larpentae, "Lady Larpent's Plumbago.