MORDAUNT, Charles (c. 1658-1735) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. Feb. 1658, 1st s. John Mordaunt, Visct. Mordaunt and Elizabeth (d. 5 Apr. 1679), da. and h. of Hon. Thomas Carey^‡. educ. Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 11 Apr. 1674; travelled abroad (France) 1676-7. Earl of Roden, Private Diary of Viscountess Mordaunt, 155, 187; Evelyn Diary, iv. 84. m. (1) c. 1679-80, Carey (d. 13 May 1709), da. of Sir Alexander Fraizer, bt. [S], physician to king, 4s. d.v.p., 1 da.; (2) 1722/1735, Anastasia (d.1755), da. of Thomas Robinson, portrait painter, s.p. KG 3 Aug. 1713. d. 25 Oct. 1735; will 9 Sept. 1735; pr. 26 Nov. 1735. TNA, PROB 11/674.

Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber 1689 – 97; PC 14 Feb. 1689 – 21 Jan. 1697, Mar. 1705 – May 1707; first ld. of treasury Apr. 1689 – Mar. 1690.

Ld. lt. Northants. 1689 – 1715; custos rot., Northants. Mar. – Sept. 1689; water-bailiff, river Severn 1689; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 215. commr., Greenwich Hosp. 1695. Evelyn Diary, v. 210.

Vol., RN 1677–80; B. Cameron, This Master Firebrand (2009), 5–9; Viscountess Mordaunt Diary, 200; Diary of Henry Teonge, ed. G. E. Manwaring, 222, 227, 229; Verney ms mic. M636/32, J. Stewkeley to Sir R. Verney, 2 July 1679; HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 331. col., regt. of ft. Nov. 1688–94; lt.-col., vol. horse July 1689; c.-in-c., forces accompanying the Fleet to Spain 1705; jt. adm. of Fleet 1705; gen., marines 1710; col., Royal Horse Gds. 1712–15. Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 556, iii. 301–2; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 115.

Gov., Jamaica 1702, Minorca Apr. – Aug. 1714; amb. extra. and plenip., Spain 1706 – 07; envoy, Frankfurt, Vienna, Augsburg, Savoy 1710 – 11, Saxony 1711, 1712, ? France Nov.-Dec. 1713; amb. extra. and plenip. Italian states Nov. 1713 – Apr. 1714.

Master, Skinners’ Co. 1690. M. Goldie, ‘The Roots of True Whiggism’, Hist. of Pol. Thought, i. 200.

Parlimentarian

MORDAUNT, Charles (c. 1658-1735)

Associated with: Villa Carey/ Peterborough House, Parson’ Green, Mdx.; Dauntsey, Wilts.; Turvey, Northants.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1675-1700, English Heritage, Marble Hill House; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1715, NPG 5867.

Author

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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