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Luttrell, Henry Lawes, 1737-1821
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1737-1821
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LUTTRELL, HENRY LAWES, 2ND EARL OF CARHAMPTON (I), eldest son of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (I) MP, and Maria, dau. of Sir Nicholas Lawes, Kt, Governor of Jamaica; b. 7 Aug 1737; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1750/1 (Porten's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jan 1755; Ensign, 48th Foot 21 Nov 1757; Lieut., 34th Foot 27 Mar 1759; Capt., 16th Dragoons 6 Aug 1759; Deputy Adjutant-Gen. to Forces in Portugal and Brevet Maj., 14 Apr 1762; local rank of Lieut. -Col. in Portugal 8 Oct 1762; Lieut. -Col., 1st Horse 13 Feb 1765; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777; Maj. -Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., 6th Dragoon Guards, from 10 Jul 1788; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Oct 1793; Gen., 1 Jan 1798; Adjutant-Gen., Ireland 8 Sep 1770-83; Lieut. -Gen. of Ordnance (I) 12 Oct 1789—Jul 1797, Master Gen. 19 Jul 1797- Aug 1800; entrusted with suppression of the “Defenders” and the pacification of Connaught 1795; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1796-7; MP Bossinney 1768 – Mar 1769, Middlesex 15 Apr 1769-74, Bossinney 1774-84, Plympton Erle 1790 – Feb 1794, Ludgershall from 28 Jun 1817; he was defeated by John Wilkes in the celebrated contest for Middlesex in 1769, but was declared elected by the House of Commons; MP (I) Old Leighton 1783 – 14 Jan 1787; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Carhampton (I) 14 Jan 1787; m. 25 Jun 1776 Jane, dau. of George Boyd, Dublin; d. 25 Apr 1821. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.