Arthur John de Hochepied Larpent, 8th Baron de Hochepied (18 March 1832 – 24 August 1887) was an English judge and landowner of Huguenot and Dutch descent. The title Baron de Hochepied, in the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary, had been granted to his Dutch diplomat ancestor by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1704, but was recognised by the English College of Arms.[1]
Early life edit
Arthur was born on 18 March 1832; his family lived at Holmwood House, near Dorking, Surrey. He was the eldest surviving son of Georgiana Frances (née Reeves) (1801–1886) and John de Hochepied Larpent, 7th Baron de Hochepied (1783–1860)[2] His younger brother was Maj.-Gen. Lionel Henry Planta de Hochepied Larpent of the Bengal Staff Corps.[3][4]
His maternal grandfather was Frederick Reeves, Esq. of East Sheen, Surrey. His maternal uncle Francis Seymour Larpent, married his mother's sister, Catherine Elizabeth Reeves, in 1815 (although she died without issue in 1822).[5]
Career edit
He served as a judge in Pune, India, in the Bengal Staff Corps.[6]
In 1860, upon the death of his father, he inherited the family title and estates.[2] The title of Baron and Magnate was conferred on the family by letters patent of Leopold I, Emperor of Germany, under the great seal of the Kingdom of Hungary, given at Vienna, at the 8th April 1704, on Daniel-John de Hochepied, with limitation to his issue, and by royal licence dated 27 September 1819, the family were authorised to avail themselves of the honour, and to bear the title in the United Kingdom.[3] His father had inherited it from his grand-uncle, George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied, the longtime MP for Stockbridge, who died without issue in 1828.[7]
Personal life edit
On 27 September 1859, he married Catherine Mary Melvill (d. 1872), a daughter of Maj. Gen. Sir Peter Melvill,[3] a British military commander in the Bombay Army who was military and naval secretary to the Governor of Bombay.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[3]
- John Melvill de Hochepied Larpent, 9th Baron de Hochepied (1860–1903), who married Elizabeth Cowill Withycombe, daughter of George Withycombe of Dartmoor, in 1897.[9]
- Clarissa Catherine de Hochepied-Larpent (b. 1862), who married the soldier and artist Robert Charles Goff in 1899.[9]
- Georgiana Elizabeth de Hochepied-Larpent (1863–1923), who married Sir Francis Beaufort in 1898.[9]
- Henrietta Kemble de Hochepied-Larpent (1865–1941), who married artist George Percy Jacomb-Hood, in 1910.[9]
- Mary Louisa de Hochepied-Larpent (1867–1953)[9]
- Sybil Marguerite Gonne de Hochepied-Larpent (1868–1941), who married philanthropist Philip Napier Miles in 1899.[9][10]
- Beatrice Frances Charlotte de Hochepied-Larpent (1870–1942).[9]
In May 1887, an auction was held by Chinnock, Galsworthy and Chinnock that sold a number of properties from his father's estate in London.[11]
Lord de Hochepied died on 24 August 1887 at Keymer near Brighton.[12] He was succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, John.[13]
Descendants edit
Through his son John, he was a grandfather of Elbert Adrian William Melvill de Hochepied Larpent, 10th Baron de Hochepied (1900–1945), who married Camille Grey, daughter of John Frederick Grey.[14]
References edit
- ^ Print of College of Arms document
- ^ a b "The Late Baron de Hochepied Larpent". Daily News. 19 June 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 1614. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Larpent--Sparks". Evening Standard. 14 July 1910. p. 11. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. pp. 360, 364. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 374. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "PORTER (afterwards DE HOCHEPIED), George (1760-1828), of Stockbridge, Hants". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Obituary". The Times. 7 November 1895. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f g Debrett's Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy: In which is Included Full Information Respecting the Collateral Branches of Peers, Privy Councillors, Lords of Session, Etc. Dean. 1921. p. 1051. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Sybil Marguerite Miles (née de Hochepied Larpent)". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Chinnock, Galsworthy, and Chinnock". The Daily Telegraph. 2 May 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "LAPENT". The Morning Post. 1 September 1887. p. 1. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "John Melvill de Hochepied-Larpent". The Morning Post. 31 May 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Britain, Great (1949). "The London Gazette". H.M. Stationery Office. Retrieved 16 November 2022.