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Archibald Boyd-Carpenter


Major Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter (26 March 1873 – 27 May 1937) was a British Conservative Party politician.

The fourth son of William Boyd-Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon and Canon of Westminster, Archibald Boyd-Carpenter was educated at Harrow School and at Balliol College, Oxford, where 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 South African War Boyd-Carpenter served with the Imperial Yeomanary and in 1900 was commissioned in the Highland Light Infantry. During the war he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Queen's medal (with 3 clasps) and the King's medal (with 2 clasps). He was Staff Captain to Major-General Lord Chesham, and Lt-Gen. Sir H. E. Belfield (KCB), 1901–1902. He later served in the First World War.

He was Mayor of Harrogate, 1909–1910 and 1910–1911; Alderman of Borough and represented Harrogate in West Riding County Council, 1910–1919. He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford North from 1918 to 1923, for Coventry from 1924 to 1929 and for Chertsey from 1931.


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