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Major Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter (26 March 1873 – 27 May 1937) was a British Conservative Party politician. The 4th son of Rt. Rev. Sir 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 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. Boyd-Carpenter held ministerial office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour from November 1922 until March 1923, Financial Secretary to the Treasury from March to May 1923, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty and Paymaster-General from May 1923 until January 1924. Boyd-Carpenter was knighted in 1926.〔 Boyd-Carpenter married Annie Dugdale in 1907 and they had a son and daughter, he died in 27 May 1937 in Harrogate, aged 64.〔"Sir Archibald Boyd Carpenter, M.P." Times (England ) 28 May 1937: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 Sept. 2013.〕 His son, John, was also a Conservative MP and Minister. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald Boyd-Carpenter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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