Alexander Pendarves, MP was a Cornish landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1689 and 1725.
Occupation
politician
Position held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain
Alexander Pendarves, MP (baptised 11 November 1662 – 13 March 1725) was a Cornish landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1689 and 1725.
Early life
Pendarves, of Roscrow, Cornwall, United Kingdom was the son of John Pendarves and Bridget, daughter of Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet of Antony, Cornwall. He had two brothers, Rev. John Pendarves (born 1682), Rector of Drewsteignton, and William (died 1693).
He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1682 and was called to Bar of Gray's Inn in the same year.
Career
Pendarves was a wealthy landowner. He served as Director of Land-Bank in 1696, Stannator for Tywarnhaile in 1703, Commissioner of Prizes from September 1703 to July 1705, Commissioner for Sewers for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1712, and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown from January 1714 to January 1715.
