Archibald Boyd-Carpenter

Major Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter (26 March 1873 – 27 May 1937) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Major Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
Paymaster General
In office May 1923 – January 1924
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	William Joynson-Hicks
Succeeded by	Harry Gosling
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
In office May 1923 – January 1924
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Bolton Eyres-Monsell
Succeeded by	Charles Ammon
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office March 1923 – May 1923
Prime Minister	Bonar Law
Preceded by	John Hills
Succeeded by	William Joynson-Hicks
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour
In office November 1922 – March 1923
Prime Minister	Bonar Law
Preceded by	Anderson Montague-Barlow
Succeeded by	Henry Betterton
Member of Parliament for Chertsey
In office 27 October 1931 – 27 May 1937
Preceded by	Sir Philip Richardson, Bt
Succeeded by	Arthur Marsden
Member of Parliament for Coventry
In office 29 October 1924 – 10 May 1929
Preceded by	A. A. Purcell
Succeeded by	Philip Noel-Baker
Member of Parliament for Bradford North
In office 14 December 1918 – 16 November 1923
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Walter Rea
Personal details
Born	(1873-03-26)26 March 1873
Died	27 May 1937(1937-05-27) (aged 64) Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Annie Dugdale ​ (m. 1907)​
Children	2, including John
Parent	William Boyd-Carpenter (father)
Education	Harrow School
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I

Career

The fourth son of 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.^[1] Following college he worked for three years in the editorial staff of the Yorkshire Post.^[1]

With the start of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Boyd-Carpenter volunteered for active service and was commissioned with the Imperial Yeomanry, seeing service in South Africa attached to the Highland Light Infantry.^[1] He was promoted to captain on 17 April 1901, and was from 1901 to 1902 Staff Captain to Major-General Lord Chesham, and Brigadier General Herbert Belfield while they served as Inspector general of Imperial Yeomanry. For his service in the war, he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Queen's medal (with 3 clasps) and the King's medal (with 2 clasps). After the war ended in June 1902, he returned home with Belfield in the SS Kinfauns Castle leaving Cape Town two months later,^[2] and relinquished his commission in the Imperial Yeomanry in October 1902.^[3] He later served in the First World War.

He was Mayor of Harrogate, 1909–1910 and 1910–1911; Alderman of the 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.^[1]

Boyd-Carpenter married Annie Dugdale in 1907 and they had a son and daughter. He died on 27 May 1937 in Harrogate, aged 64.^[1] His son, John, was also a Conservative MP and Minister.