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The Honourable Walter Cecil Carpenter (27 March 1834 – 13 May 1904), also known as The Honourable Walter Cecil Talbot until he changed his name by Royal licence, was a

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officer who became a senior officer,

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Early life

Walter Talbot (then so surnamed) was born on 27 March 1834 in Ingestre,

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and died on 13 May 1904 at

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part of

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, and he was buried on 15 May 1904 in Bolton-on-Swale,

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. He was the second son of

Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 18th Earl of Waterford, 3rd Earl Talbot, CB, PC (8 November 1803 – 4 June 1868), styled Viscount of Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a ...

and Lady Sarah Elizabeth, the daughter of

Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford Henry de La Poer Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford KP, PC (Ire) (23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826) styled Lord Le Poer from 1783 until 1789 and Earl of Tyrone from 1789 to 1800, was an Irish peer. Beresford entered the Irish House of Commons for ...

, by his marriage to Sarah Carpenter where upon he took her surname by royal licence.Visitation of England and Wales: Vol. 16 – by Frederick Arthur Crisp (1909) He played

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for the

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in 1851, making a single appearance against

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Naval career

Walter Talbot (then so surnamed) entered the

in 1847. Promoted to

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on 22 September 1854, he served on as a lieutenant from 24 June 1856 during the

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in the

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and then later in the

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. He was assigned to on 6 December 1858. Promoted to

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on 16 June 1859, he was on from 18 November 1864 to 2 March 1865 serving in the

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and off North America. He was aboard , in the West Indies, from 2 March 1865 to 14 April 1866. Promoted to

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on 11 April 1866, he became commanding officer the

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in September 1867. He served as commanding officer of , a naval cadet training ship, from 19 January 1871 to 15 December 1871. He again commanded another naval cadet training ship, from 16 December 1871 to 2 September 1873. From 1873 until 1876 he served ashore at Portsmouth Naval Home Command and as an aide to Admiral

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and he served as flag captain in from 16 October 1876. He was assigned as commanding officer of the

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in March 1880 and became commanding officer of the battleship in March 1881. In addition he was cited as "Naval aide de camp" to

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from 1880 to 1882. Walter Carpenter (then so surnamed in 1868) was promoted to

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on 29 December 1882 and was assigned as the Senior Officer,

on 1 January 1887 before being promoted to vice admiral on 8 November 1888 and going on half pay in December 1888 due to illness. Promoted to full

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on 28 May 1894, he fully retired on 11 March 1896.

Politics

Carpenter served as

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for Waterford County from 1859 to

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Family

Walter assumed, by Royal Licence dated 1 June 1868, the surname and arms of Carpenter, in lieu of those of Talbot, in accordance with the testamentary injunction of Sarah, Countess of

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, widow of John Delavel Carpenter, last Earl of Tyrconnell. Walter Carpenter (then so surnamed) married Maria Georgiana Mundy on 27 October 1869 at the Parish Church, Marylebone, London, England. She died in childbirth on 25 April 1876 in 33 Warwick Square, London, England. Carpenter then married Beatrice, daughter of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham and Hon. Emily Elizabeth Julia Thellusson, on 10 February 1887 in St. George's, Hanover Square, London, England. Beatrice was born on 16 November 1853, christened in Merton, Norfolk, England and died on 16 October 1927. There were no children from this union.

Coat of arms

Walter Talbot, later surnamed Carpenter, inherited by Royal license and the required surname change, an Arms from his first wife, the widow Lady Carpenter. These arms appear to be of French or Norman heritage, "Paly of six, argent and gules, on a chevron azure, 3 cross crosslets or." Crest, on a wreath a globe in a frame all or. Supporters, two horses, party-perfess, embattled argent and gules. Motto: "Per Acuta Belli" (Through the Asperities of War). These arms descend from John Carpenter, the younger (c. 1372 – 1442) who was the noted

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during the reigns of

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.Historical Manuscripts Commission, UK National Register of Archives, George Carpenter (1657–1732) 1st Baron Carpenter Lieutenant General
HMC.gov.uk
/ref> These arms are often referred to as the Hereford Arms, named for the later ancestral home of the Carpenter family in Hereford, England. The crest, supporters & motto apparently has changed several times over the centuries.''Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine''; vol. 16, Number 2, April 1925, Page 60–70, article by J. Hatton Carpenter "The Carpenter Family of England and the United States." Because of the lack of surviving children of Walter Carpenter the COAs were later given by Royal license to another relative after his death in 1904. Sir William Boyd Carpenter (1841–1918), an English clergyman of the

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of England, Bishop of

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, afterwards a Canon of Westminster and Chaplain to the reigning sovereign of England, wrote in a letter dated 7 August 1907 that his family bore the Hereford Arms. Sir Noel Paton, upon painting the Family Arms, informed him that the supporters were originally a round-handled sword, which in drawing over time became shortened, until nothing but the cross and globe were left beneath it. Those Hereford Arms were used by "John Carpenter, town clerk of London, who died 1442 A. D." His grandson, the subject of this article,

John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter, PC, DL (2 June 1908 – 11 July 1998) was a British Conservative politician. Early life He was the only son of Conservative politician Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter MP and his wife Annie Du ...

(1908–1998), continued the Arms into the new century by passing it down to his son, Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, who was himself knighted after a military career as a Lieutenant-General and for public service. There is no direct male to male Carpenter descent connecting the Honorable Admiral Walter Carpenter & Sir William Boyd Carpenter. The family connection is by marriage through the females in the family."Carpenters Encyclopedia of Carpenters" published as a two data DVD set in 2009 by th
Cousins Project.
/ref> The Hereford Coat of Arms described above should not be confused with the Arms of Bishop Richard Carpenter (c1450s?–1503) presented in the "Visitations of the County of Oxford taken in 1566, 1574, and 1634, published in 1871, which describe the arms displayed in the buildings at the University in

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– "In the Lyberarye of Baliall College." – as recorded by the officials performing the visitations in those years. The Visitations describe the arms of Bishop Richard Carpenter (c1450s–1503) as: "Paly of nine Gu. and Az. on a chevron Arg. surmounted by a mitre Or, three cross crosslets of—nine pales alternating red and blue, with a silver chevron bearing three gold cross-crosslets.Visitations of the County of Oxford taken in 1566, 1574, and 1634, published in 1871.

Ancestry

References

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