George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter
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1657 – 1731
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Who was George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter?
Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter was a British soldier who served as Governor of Minorca and as Commander-in-chief of all the forces in Scotland. During the Jacobite rising of 1715 he forced the rebels under Lord Derwentwater to surrender at discretion at Preston, thus securing the throne to the reigning British Royal family.
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