Archibald Boyd (Carpenter) Boyd-Carpenter (1873 - 1937)

Born 26 Mar 1873 in Holloway, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Annie (Dugdale) Boyd-Carpenter — married 1907 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 May 1937 at age 64 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Archibald was born on 26 March 1873^[1] at Holloway, Islington, London. He was the eighth child and fourth son of William Carpenter and Harriet Peers who married in 1864. Archibald's father was the vicar at St James' Church, Holloway, London, at the time of his birth. His birth was registered at Islington registration office in the second quarter of 1873.

On 14 March 1874 Archibald Boyd Carpenter was baptised at St James' Church, Holloway, Islington, London. The family address was given as 50 Highbury Hill, Holloway, and his father conducted the ceremony.

In later life, Archibald appears to have used the hyphenated surname Boyd-Carpenter, Boyd being his paternal grandmother's maiden name. This practice was also adopted by his siblings.

Archibald's mother died in January 1877, aged 34. John was not yet three years old. He was the last of his mother's children before she died.

At the 1881 census Archibald Carpenter (8, born Highbury, Middlesex/London) was at a boarding school at Sussex Square, Brighton, Sussex. He was accompanied by two of his brothers, William (11) and John (9). In the meantime at this census the family home was at 7 Queens Gardens, Paddington, London. Details - father William B Carpenter (widower, 40, Vicar of Christ Church, Paddington), brother Henry J Carpenter (16, scholar), and paternal grandmother Hester Carpenter (widow, 67, born Ireland). Also resident were two visitors, one of whom was Annie M Gardner (unmarried, 27, born Hackney, Middlesex) and two servants - housemaid and cook. Annie Gardner was to become John's step-mother. John's four older sisters were also away at a boarding school, albeit it apparently tailor made with only six pupils.

In 1883 Archibald's father remarried, marrying Annie Maude (Gardner) Carpenter (1854-1915), aged 29. Archibald was about 10. His father was made Bishop of Ripon in 1884, a position he continued in until 1911.

At the 1891 census Archibald, together with his father and step-mother, and two of his siblings, appear to have been on holiday, being "lodgers" at 10 Carlisle Parade, Hastings, Sussex, an address headed by a lodging house keeper. The family details - father William B Carpenter (married, 50, Bishop of Ripon, born Liverpool), step-mother Annie M Carpenter (married, 37, authoress, born Stamford Hill, London), sister Mary Carpenter (22, student at Royal College of Music, born Tetsworth, Oxfordshire), sister Annie Carpenter (20, born Tetsworth) and Archibald B Carpenter (17, scholar, born Highbury, London). In the meantime the 1891 census recorded the family home as being at the "Episcopal Palace of Ripon" - sister Jessie Peers Carpenter (single, 24, born Tetsworth, Oxfordshire), sister Minnie Carpenter (single, 23, born Tetsworth), brother William Boyd Carpenter (single, 21, born Tetsworth), half-sister Beatrice V? M B Carpenter (5, born Ripon, Yorkshire), half-brother Victor C D B Carpenter (3, born Ripon), and an aunt? Alice C Carpenter (widow, 49, born Ireland). There were two visitors, one a seven year old child, while the other was Richard B Tollinton (single, 24, private tutor, born York, Yorkshire) who was to become his sister Minnie's husband. The Bishop's Palace retained twelve servants on the census night - housemaid, cook, kitchenmaid, scullerymaid, laundress, under housemaid, second housemaid, two nurses, butler, footman and stable boy. Other employees were in attached properties.

We know from Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 1880-1892 that Archibald matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford University on 18 October 1892, "from Harrow school".^[2]

The following is based on his entry in Wikipedia, most of which is based on his obituary in The Times.^[3][4] ...... he was Secretary and President of the Oxford Union. Following college he worked for three years in the editorial staff of the Yorkshire Post. With the start of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Boyd-Carpenter ...... was commissioned with the Imperial Yeomanry, seeing service in South Africa attached to the Highland Light Infantry. He was promoted to captain on 17 April 1901, and was from 1901 to 1902 Staff Captain to Major-General Lord Chesham, and Brigadier General Herbert Belfield while they served as Inspector general of Imperial Yeomanry. ...... he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Queen's medal (with 3 clasps) and the King's medal (with 2 clasps). After the war ended in June 1902, he returned home ...... and relinquished his commission in the Imperial Yeomanry in October 1902.^[5] He later served in the First World War. He was Mayor of Harrogate, 1909–1910 and 1910–1911; Alderman of the Borough and represented Harrogate in West Riding County Council, 1910–1919. He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament ...... for Bradford North from 1918 to 1923, for Coventry from 1924 to 1929 and for Chertsey from 1931. Boyd-Carpenter held ministerial office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour from November 1922 until March 1923, Financial Secretary to the Treasury from March to May 1923, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty and Paymaster General from May 1923 until January 1924. Boyd-Carpenter was knighted in 1926.

In 1907 Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter married Annie Dugdale. The marriage was registered at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, in the second quarter of the year. There were two children of the marriage.

At the 1911 census the family home was at 22 Park Avenue, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Details - Archibald Boyd Boyd Carpenter (38, Captain ......? and Mayor of Borough of Harrogate, born London), wife Annie Boyd Carpenter (44, born Blackburn), son John Archibald Boyd Carpenter (2, born Harrogate), and daughter Mary Dugdale Boyd Carpenter (1, born Harrogate). Five servants were also recorded in residence. This census confirmed Archibald had been married for three years, and there had been two children.

In 1926 Archibald was knighted for his work with the Admiralty and with the Paymaster General.^[6]

Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter, knight, of River House, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, died 27 May 1937 at The Hotel Majestic, Harrogate. Administration ...... to Dame Annie Boyd-Carpenter, widow, and John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, barrister-at-law. (National Probate Calendar - 1937) His death was registered at Knaresborough registration office, Yorkshire, in the second quarter of 1937, aged 64.

Sources

1. ↑ full birth date on baptism records
2. ↑ England, Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 1880-1892, Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 1880-1892, 2 Volumes (Ancestry.com) from Original data: Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 1880-1892, 2 Volumes. Oxford, England: James Parker and Co, 1893.
3. ↑ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Boyd-Carpenter#cite_ref-obit_1-4
4. ↑ "Sir Archibald Boyd Carpenter, M.P." The Times 28 May 1937
5. ↑ The London Gazette. 4 November 1902. p. 7013
6. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 for Archibald Boyd Carpenter, 1873, Q2-Apr-May-Jun

• London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 for Archibald Boyd Carpenter, Islington, St James, Holloway, 1890-1908 (Ancestry.com) from London Metropolitan Archives; "London, England, UK" ; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P83/Js1/001

• 1881 England Census for Archibald Carpenter, Sussex, Brighton, St Peter, District 1

• 1891 England Census for Archibald B Carpenter, Sussex, Holy Trinity, District 12

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Archibald Boyd B Carpenter, 1907, Q2-Apr-May-Jun

• 1911 England Census for Archibald Boyd Boyd Carpenter, Yorkshire-West Riding, Harrogate, 01

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 for Archibald B Boyd Carpenter, 1937, Q2-Apr-May-Jun

• England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Archibald Boyd Knight Carpenter, 1937 (Ancestry.com) from Original data:Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London