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

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, had been granted to his Dutch diplomat ancestor by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1704, but was recognised by the English

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Early life

Arthur was born on 18 March 1832; his family lived at Holmwood House, near

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, Surrey. He was the eldest surviving son of Georgiana Frances ( Reeves) (1801–1886) and

John de Hochepied Larpent, 7th Baron de Hochepied John James de Hochepied Larpent, 7th Baron de Hochepied (13 May 1783 – 8 June 1860) was an English aristocrat of Huguenot and Dutch descent who became a diplomat. The title Baron de Hochepied, in the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary had been gr ...

(1783–1860) His younger brother was Maj.-Gen. Lionel Henry Planta de Hochepied Larpent of the

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. His maternal grandfather was Frederick Reeves, Esq. of

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. His maternal uncle

Francis Seymour Larpent Francis Seymour Larpent (15 September 1776 – 21 May 1845) was a British lawyer and civil servant. From 1812 to 1814, he served as Judge-Advocate General of the British Army under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. He wrote an accou ...

, married his mother's sister, Catherine Elizabeth Reeves, in 1815 (although she died without issue in 1822).

Career

He served as a judge in

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, India, in the

. In 1860, upon the death of his father, he inherited the family title and estates. The title of Baron and

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was conferred on the family by letters patent of Leopold I,

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, under the great seal of the

, 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

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. His father had inherited it from his grand-uncle,

George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied ( Porter) (23 April 1760 – 25 March 1828) was an English soldier and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. The title Baron de Hochepied, in the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary, had been ...

, the longtime MP for Stockbridge, who died without issue in 1828.

Personal life

On 27 September 1859, he married Catherine Mary Melvill (d. 1872), a daughter of Maj. Gen. Sir

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, a British military commander in the

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who was military and naval secretary to the Governor of Bombay. Together, they were the parents of: * John Melvill de Hochepied Larpent, 9th Baron de Hochepied (1860–1903), who married Elizabeth Cowill Withycombe, daughter of George Withycombe of

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, in 1897. * Clarissa Catherine de Hochepied-Larpent (b. 1862), who married the soldier and artist

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in 1899. * Georgiana Elizabeth de Hochepied-Larpent (1863–1923), who married Sir Francis Beaufort in 1898. * Henrietta Kemble de Hochepied-Larpent (1865–1941), who married artist

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, in 1910. * Mary Louisa de Hochepied-Larpent (1867–1953) * Sybil Marguerite Gonne de Hochepied-Larpent (1868–1941), who married philanthropist

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in 1899. * Beatrice Frances Charlotte de Hochepied-Larpent (1870–1942). 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. Lord de Hochepied died on 24 August 1887 at

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near

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. He was succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son,

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Descendants

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hochepied, Arthur de Hochpied, 8th Baron Of 1832 births 1887 deaths Barons of Hungary Indian Civil Service (British India) officers