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PETERBOROUGH AND MONMOUTH, CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF (C. 1658-1735) , English soldier and statesman, was born about 1658. His father, John Mordaunt, was created Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon and Baron Mordaunt of Reigate, Surrey, in 1659;1 his mother was Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, the second son of Robert Carey, 1st earl
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In less than a year he was out of the treasury, but he still remained by the person of his monarch and was with him in his dangerous passage to Holland in January 1691. He was one of the eighteen peers who signed the protest against the rejection, on the 7th of December 1692, of the motion for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the conduct of the war, and although William had refused his consent to a bill for triennial parliaments in the previous session, Lord Monmouth did not shrink from reintroducing it in December 1693. This led to a disagreement with the court, though the final breach did not take place until January 1697, when Monmouth was accused of complicity in Sir John Fenwick's conspiracy and of the use of " undutiful words " towards the king. He was committed to the Tower, staying in confinement until the 3oth of March 1697, and deprived of his employments. Some consolation
The four years after his release from the Tower were mainly passed in retirement, but on the accession of Anne he plunged into political life again with avidity. His first act was to draw down on himself in February 1702 the censure of the House of Commons for the part which he took in the attempt to secure the return of his nominee for the borough of Malmesbury. Through the fear of the ministry that his restless spirit would drive him into opposition to its measures if he stayed at home, he was appointed early in 1705 to command an expedition of ' A barony of Mordaunt by writ had existed in the family since 1529, and the viscount was the second son of the fifth of these barons, who in 1628 was created earl of Peterborough, the elder son Henry being second earl. 2 Cr. 1626. This peerage became extinct in 1661 on the death of the 2nd earl. English and Dutch troops in Spain. He was created the sole commander
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On his return to England in August he allied himself with the Tories, and received his reward in being contrasted, much to his advantage, with the Whig victor of Blenheim and Malplaquet: The differences between the three peers, Peterborough, Galway and Tyrawley, who had served in Spain, formed the subject of angry debates in the Lords, when the majority declared for Peterborough; after some fiery speeches the resolution that he had performed many great and eminent services was carried, and votes of thanks were passed to him without any division (January and February 1708). His new friends were not desirous of detaining him long on English soil, and they sent him on a mission to Vienna, where he characteristically engaged the ministry in pledges of which they disapproved. His resentment at this disagreement was softened by the command of a cavalry regiment, and by his appointment as a Knight of the Garter (Aug. 3 and 4, 1713). With the accession of George I. Lord Peterborough's influence was gone. Worn out with suffering, he died at Lisbon on the 25th of October 1735. His remains were brought to England, and buried at Turvey in Bedfordshire on the 21st of November. Lord Peterborough was short in stature and spare in habit of body. His activity knew no bounds. He was said to have seen more kings and postilions than any man in Europe, and the whole point of Swift's lines on " Mordauto " consisted in a description of the speed with which he hastened from capital to capital . He was eloquent in debate and intrepid in war, but his influence in the senate was ruined through his inconsistency, and his vigour in the field was wasted through his want of union with his colleagues. His first wife, Carey, daughter of Sir Alexander Fraser of Dores, Kincardineshire, died on the 13th of May 1709, and was buried at Turvey. Some years later (1722) he secretly married Anastasia Robinson (c. 1695-1755), a famous dramatic singer (from 1714) of great beauty and sweetness of disposition, daughter of Thomas Robinson (d. 1722), a portrait painter; but she was at first unrecognized as his wife, and lived apart from him (regarded merely as his mistress) with her two sisters at Parson's Green. She remained on the operatic stage, till 1724. It was only a few months before his death that (after a second marriage ceremony) shewas introduced to society as the countess of Peterborough. He had a son John (1681171o) who predeceased him, and was therefore succeeded in the title by his grandson Charles (17101779), whose son Charles Henry (17581814), 5th earl, died unmarried, the honours becoming extinct, except for the barony of Mordaunt, which passed to a collateral branch and fell into abeyance in 1836. End of Article: PETERBOROUGH AND MONMOUTH, CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF (C. 1658-1735) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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