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'''Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 1st Baronet''' (16 February 1786 – 8 March 1855) was a British businessman of Huguenot and Dutch descent and a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician.

== Career ==
Larpent born in London. His elder brother inherited the Hungarian title of Baron de Hochpied, through his mother's line, in 1819. At that time he added de Hochepied to his family name, Larpent. He was made a British baronet in 1841.<ref name=dmb /> His father was [[John Larpent]], the inspector of plays. His mother, [[Anna Larpent|Anna Margaretta]], assisted in this work. She kept a journal for most of her life which is now in the Huntington Library.<ref name=dmb>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Larpent, John}}</ref>

He was involved with trade to India, became chairman of the Oriental and China Association, and was deputy chairman of the St. Katherine's Dock company. Larpent stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at a by-election in May 1840 for [[Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludlow]]{{sfn | Craig | 1989 | p=193}} He was unsuccessful again at a by-election in April 1841 for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]{{sfn | Craig | 1989 | p=228}} but at the [[1841 United Kingdom general election|general election in June 1841]], just prior to becoming a baronet in August, he won the seat. However, he served little more than a year as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Nottingham; he [[resignation from the British House of Commons|resigned from Parliament]] in May 1842. At the [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847 general election]] he stood in the [[City of London (UK Parliament constituency)|City of London]], where he fell just three votes short of winning the fourth seat.{{sfn | Craig | 1989 | p=4}}

In 1847 he was Chairman of 'a Committee for promoting the extension of Steam Navigation to Australia and New Zealand',<ref>{{cite news | access-date=2019-10-03 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12889428 | title=STEAM TO ENGLAND | date=1847-07-07 | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954) | page=2 | via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which also included the pioneer of the 'overland route' to the East, [[Thomas Waghorn|Lt. Thomas Waghorn]], and another would-be improver of routes to the East, [[Henry Wise (1802–1866)|Henry Wise]].

He edited the Peninsular War journal <ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/privatejournalf00larpgoog | title=The Private Journal of F. Seymour Larpent: During the Peninsular War, from 1812 to Its Close | publisher=R. Bentley | last=Larpent | first=Francis Seymour | year=1853}}</ref> of his half-brother, Frances Seymour Larpent, and a History of Turkey <ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eeu3AAAAIAAJ | title=Turkey; Its History and Progress | publisher=Gregg International Publishers | date=1854-01-01 | last=Porter | first=Sir James | language=en | isbn=978-0-576-03954-3}}</ref> from papers left by his grandfather, Sir James Porter.

He died in 1855, having outlived two wives and leaving three sons and a daughter.

In Lady Larpent's garden at [[Roehampton]], Hampshire, ''[[Ceratostigma]] plumbaginoides'' was first successfully flowered in England; it was at first given the name ''Plumbago larpentae'', "Lady Larpent's Plumbago".<ref>{{cite book | chapter=Ceratostigma | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byLxAAAAMAAJ | title=Garden shrubs and their histories | publisher=Dutton | last=Coats | first=Alice M. | year=1965 | page=66}}</ref>

== References ==
* {{cite book|last=Craig|first=Fred W. S.|author-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results, 1832–1885|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luqIAAAAMAAJ|edition=2nd|year=1989|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn=978-0-900178-26-9|orig-date=1977}}

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== External links ==
*{{Hansard-contribs | mr-george-larpent | Sir George Larpent }}

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