Harry Mordaunt

Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt (29 March 1663 – 4 January 1720) was an English Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1692 and 1720.

Early life Mordaunt was born at Parsons Green, Fulham,

Mordaunt was educated at Middle Temple from 1674 and Westminster School from 1676. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 December 1680, aged 17 and was awarded BA in 1684. Mordaunt married, firstly, Margaret Spencer, natural daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Baronet. He later married Penelope Tipping, the daughter of William Tipping of West Court at Ewelme in Oxfordshire by his wife, Elizabeth Collet. She was the niece of Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet. Mordaunt was commander-in-chief at Guernsey in 1697 and 1702. Another regiment of marines was raised under his colonelcy on 10 March 1702, which was converted to infantry in May 1703 and disbanded in July 1713.

Death and legacy Mordaunt died on 4 January 1720. By his first wife he had children, including: General Sir John Mordaunt, best known for leading the failed Raid on Rochefort in 1757 Thomas Mordaunt (died 1721) Elizabeth Lucy Mordaunt (died 1765), married Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet on 14 March 1724. By his second wife he had a single daughter: Penelope, married Sir Monoux Cope, 7th Baronet of Bramshill House in Hampshire