| Authorised form of name | Carpenter; George (? 1694 - 1749); 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy |
| Dates | ? 1694 - 1749 |
| Date of birth | After January 1694 |
| Place of death | Grosvenor Square, Westminster |
| Date of death | 12 July 1749 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Ouselbury, Hampshire |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Activity | Career:
Cornet in the 3rd Hussars (1704); Captain (1712); Captain and Lieutenant Colonel in 1st Regiment of Foot, Horse Guards (1715); 2nd Lieutenant Colonel in 1st Life Guards (1730) and and 1st Lieutenant Colonel (1748-death); MP for Morpeth (1717-1727); MP for Weobley (1741-1747); Member of the Common Council of the Georgia Society (1732-1738, 1739-1740)
Freemason, member of three London Lodges: 1725, Lodge no 3 at Horn Tavern, Westminster, subsequently Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge no 4, propose by Dr John Theophilus Desaguiliers FRS of Ladge at the horn, and Martin Folkes FRS; lodge no 18 at Bedford's Head, Southampton Row, Covent Garden; and 1730 unnamed Lodge no 63, subsequently St George's and Corner Stone Lodge No 5 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1729 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1730 |
| Relationships | Son of George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, and his wife (married 20 January 1694), Alice, widow of James Margetson and daughter of William Caulfield, 1st Viscount Charlemont and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Charles Moore, Viscount Drogheda; married 26 Auagust 1722, Elizabeth, daughter of David Petty of Wanstead Green, Essex, Citizen of London. Only son and heir George Carpenter (1723-1762) the 3rd Lord Car[penter who in 1761 was created Earl of Tyrconnel, but all titles became extinct with the death of John Delavel Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnel, FRS (1834) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; GEC; Sedgwick
References:
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1749), p.332
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166
Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows who were Freemasons' 2010, page 17
Notes:
Proposed by John Theophilus Desaguliers; Martin Folkes; Sir Hans Sloane |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/16786334 |
| Code | NA5791 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/12ii/63 | Paper, 'Account of Ld [Lord] Carpenter's gun-shot wound in the mouth' by George Lord Carpenter | [1736] |