Person:George Carpenter (32)

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George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (10 February 1657 – 10 February 1731) was a British soldier who served as Governor of Menorca and as Commander-in-chief of all the forces in Scotland. During the Jacobite rising of 1715 he forced the rebels under Lord Derwentwater to surrender at discretion at Preston, thus securing the throne to the reigning British Royal family.

1. ↑ George Carpenter, in England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   christened 21 Feb 1660 in Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire, England
   parents: Warnecombe and Mary Carpenter

2. ↑ Curll, E. The life of the late Right Honourable George Lord Carpenter. (London, England, 1736)
   p. 36.

   '... which, by a gradual Decay, ended his Life on the 10th Day of February, 1732.'

3. ↑ Note: The Life of the Late Right Honourable George Lord Carpenter (published 1736) gives his birth date as 10 Feb 1657 and his death date as 10 Feb 1732 (exactly 75 years later). A Biographical Peerage of Ireland which copies largely from the 1736 publication, gives the same birth date but a death date of 10 Feb 1731 (presumably 1731/32).
   
   The 1657 birth date is probably wrong, as it seems unlikely his parents would have waited 3 years to have him christened.