George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter
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Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter was a British Army officer, Whig politician and peer. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland from 1716 to 1724 and as a member of parliament from 1715 to 1727.
Lord Carpenter by John Faber the Younger, c. 1719
Battle of Aughrim 1691; Carpenter's unit took part in the decisive charge against the Jacobite left.
Charles Wills; a colleague in Spain, he and Carpenter quarrelled over credit for victory at Preston.
Scottish Command
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Scottish Command or Army Headquarters Scotland is a command of the British Army.
Edinburgh Castle, command headquarters from 1905 to 1955
Craigiehall, command headquarters from 1955 to 2000