Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Pepper Arden, 3rd Baron Alvanley (8 December 1792 – 24 June 1857) was a

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officer and peer. cites .

Early life

He was the son of

Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (20 May 1744 – 19 March 1804) was a British barrister and Whig politician, who served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was a Member of Parliament from 1783 to 1801. Biography He ...

and Anne Dorothea (née Wilbraham-Bootle). As a young man, he was one of a circle of friends surrounding

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Career

On 19 March 1811, he purchased a

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in the

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. Promoted lieutenant on 3 October 1811, he served with the regiment in the

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from February 1813 to April 1814. Arden fought at the battles of

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, Vittoria,

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and

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and received the service medal for the latter three. Arden was gazetted a captain in the 2nd Garrison Battalion on 26 April 1815, being unable to afford a captaincy in a cavalry regiment. Placed on half-pay, he later exchanged into the 32nd Regiment of Foot on 8 July 1819. He purchased a commission as

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in the

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on 4 October 1822, and an unattached lieutenant-colonelcy on 30 October 1823. On 1 June 1829, he exchanged from half-pay into the

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as a captain and lieutenant-colonel. However, he sold out and retired from the army on 4 June 1829.

Personal life

On 24 April 1831, he married Lady Arabella Vane (1801–1864), youngest daughter of the 1st Duke of Cleveland. On 16 November 1849 he succeeded to the title of Lord Alvanley on the death of his unmarried brother

William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley (8 January 1789 – 16 November 1849) was a British Army officer, peer and socialite, who was a friend of Beau Brummell and one of a close circle of young men surrounding the Prince Regent. Early life and milita ...

. Lord Alvanley died on 24 June 1857. With no son to inherit the title, the Barony of Alvanley became extinct when he died.

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