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George Larpent

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He was involved with trade to India, entering the East India house of Cockerell & Larpent, before becoming 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
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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,
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On 17 July 1852, he married Louisa Martha Bailey, daughter of George Bailey of Windsor. Before her death on 23 March 1856, they were the parents of two children who died in infancy.
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Larpent born in London. At that time he added de Hochepied to his family name, Larpent. He was made a British baronet in 1841. His father was
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The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. With the Arms of the Peers
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Friends and Rivals in the East: Studies in Anglo-Dutch Relations in the Levant from the Seventeenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
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Sir George was twice married. On 13 October 1813, he married Charlotte Cracroft, a daughter of William Cracroft of the
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Anna Catherine de Hochepied Larpent (1819–1893), who married the Rev. Edward Aislabie Ommanney,
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Sir George died on 8 March 1855, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Albert.
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The Private Journal of F. Seymour Larpent: During the Peninsular War, from 1812 to Its Close
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Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage, Titles of Courtesy and the Knightage
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was first successfully flowered in England; it was at first given the name
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Frederick Seymour de Hochepied Larpent (1822–1846), who died unmarried.
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He was unsuccessful again at a by-election in April 1841 for
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He edited the Peninsular War journal of his half-brother,
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Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 1st Baronet
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Index

The Right Honourable
Member of Parliament
Nottingham
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt
John Walter
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt
John Walter
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt
London
John de Hochepied Larpent, 7th Baron de Hochepied
Francis Seymour Larpent
James Porter
John Larpent
Anna Margaretta Porter
Liberal Party
John Larpent
Anna Margaretta Porter
John James Larpent
George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied
James Porter
British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Elbert de Hochepied
Ludlow
Nottingham
general election in June 1841
Member of Parliament
resigned from Parliament
1847 general election
City of London
Lt. Thomas Waghorn

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