Arthur John de Hochepied Larpent, 8th Baron de Hochepied Larpent

Arthur John de Hochepied Larpent, 8th Baron de Hochepied (18 March 1832 – 24 August 1887) was an English judge and landowner of Huguenot and Dutch descent. The title Baron de Hochepied, in the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary, had been granted to his Dutch diplomat ancestor by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1704, but was recognised by the English College of Arms.

Early life Arthur was born on 18 March 1832; his family lived at Holmwood House, near Dorking, Surrey. He was the eldest surviving son of Georgiana Frances ( Reeves) (1801–1886) and John de Hochepied Larpent, 7th Baron de Hochepied (1783–1860) His younger brother was Maj.-Gen. Lionel Henry Planta de Hochepied Larpent of the Bengal Staff Corps.

His maternal grandfather was Frederick Reeves, Esq. of East Sheen, Surrey. His paternal uncle Francis Seymour Larpent, married his mother's sister, Catherine Elizabeth Reeves, in 1815 (although she died without issue in 1822).

Career He served as a judge in Pune, India, in the Bengal Staff Corps.

In 1860, upon the death of his father, he inherited the family title and estates.

Personal life On 27 September 1859, he married Catherine Mary Melvill (d. 1872), a daughter of Maj. Gen. Sir Peter Melvill, Together, they were the parents of:

John Melvill de Hochepied Larpent, 9th Baron de Hochepied (1860–1903), who married Elizabeth Cowill Withycombe, daughter of George Withycombe of Dartmoor, in 1897. Clarissa Catherine de Hochepied-Larpent (b. 1862), who married the soldier and artist Robert Charles Goff in 1899. Beatrice Frances Charlotte de Hochepied-Larpent (1870–1942).

Lord de Hochepied died on 24 August 1887 at Keymer near Brighton. He was succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, John.

Descendants Through his son John, he was a grandfather of Elbert Adrian William Melvill de Hochepied Larpent, 10th Baron de Hochepied (1900–1945), who married Camille Grey, daughter of John Frederick Grey.