Background
His elder brother inherited the Hungarian title of Baron de Hochpied, through his mother"s line, in 1819. His father was John Larpent, the inspector of plays. His mother, Anna Margaretta, assisted in this work.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
His elder brother inherited the Hungarian title of Baron de Hochpied, through his mother"s line, in 1819. His father was John Larpent, the inspector of plays. His mother, Anna Margaretta, assisted in this work.
Larpent born in London. At that time he added de Hochepied to his family name, Larpent. He was made a British baronet in 1841.
She kept a journal for most of her life which is now in the Huntington Library.
He was involved with trade to India, became chairman of the Oriental and China Association, and was deputy chairman of the Saint Katherine"s Dock company. At the 1847 general election he stood in the City of London, where he fell just three votes short of winning the fourth seat.
In 1847 he was Chairman of "a Committee for promoting the extension of Steam Navigation to Australia and New Zealand", which also included the pioneer of the "overland route" to the East, Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn, and another would-be improver of routes to the East, Henry Wise.
In Lady Larpent"s garden at Roehampton, Hampshire, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides was first successfully flowered in England.
lieutenant was at first given the name Plumbago larpentae, "Lady Larpent"s Plumbago.
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However, he served little more than a year as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Nottingham. He resigned from Parliament in August 1842.