George Carteret

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George Carteret

Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 – 18 January 1680 N.S.), son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey

Jersey

The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes the nearly uninhabited islands of the Minquiers, ?cr?hous, the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs....
and England

England

Clarendon Ministry

The Clarendon Ministry was forged out of the royalist camp of Charles II of England, who was returned to the throne in 1660. Two years previously, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon had been appointed Lord Chancellor, and in 1660, he was joined by several other powerful statesmen, including the heir presumptive of the English throne, the Ja...
as Treasurer of the Navy

Treasurer of the Navy

The Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the Great Britain government between the mid-16th and early 19th century. The office-holder was responsible for the financial maintenance of the Royal Navy....
. He was also one of the original proprietors of the Carolina

Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1712, was a North American Kingdom of Great Britain proprietary colony, controlled by the Lords Proprietor, a group of eight English noblemen led informally by member Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury....
colony.

as 'bred for the sea' and served as an officer in various naval

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
ships in the 1630s. In the Chapel of Mont Orgueil Castle

Mont Orgueil

Mont Orgueil is a castle in Jersey. It is located overlooking the harbour of Gorey, Jersey. It is also called Gorey Castle by English language-speakers, and l? Vi?r Ch?t? by J?rriais-speakers....
, May 1640, George married, his cousin Elizabeth de Carteret, daughter of Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur de Sark

Philippe de Carteret II

Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur of Sark was the son of Philippe de Carteret I and Rachel Poulet .He matriculated at the University of Oxford at an early age in 1594, the same year he succeeded his father as Seigneur of Sark....
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Family

He was 'bred for the sea' and served as an officer in various naval

Royal Navy

Mont Orgueil

Philippe de Carteret II

Philip Carteret FRS

Sir Philip Carteret Kt FRS , was son of Sir George Carteret.Philip was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on the 15th February 1665.He married Jemima Montague, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, in an arranged marriage on 31st July 1665....
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Civil War and Commonwealth

On the commencement of the Civil War

English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
he retired from the navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
, and withdrew with his family to Jersey, but subsequently returned to aid the projects of the royalists. He afterwards, on the ruin of the royal cause, afforded an asylum to the Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom . The current Prince of Wales is Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
and other refugees of distinction within his government of Jersey where he served as Bailiff

Bailiff (Channel Islands)

The Bailiff is the first civil officer in each of the Channel Islands bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, serving as president of the legislature and the Royal Court....
(1643-1651), and defended the island against the Parliamentarians, Elizabeth Castle

Elizabeth Castle

Elizabeth Castle is a castle in Saint Helier, Jersey. Construction was started in the 16th century when the power of cannons meant that the existing stronghold at Mont Orgueil was insufficient to defend the Island and the port of St....
being the last fortress that lowered the royal banner.

George Carteret also had Charles proclaimed King in Saint Helier

Saint Helier

Saint Helier is one of the twelve Parishes of Jersey of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St. Helier has a population of about 28,000, roughly 31.2% of the total population of Jersey, and is the Capital of the Island ....
on 17 February 1649, after the execution of his father, Charles I. Charles II never forgot this gesture whereby Jersey became the first of his realms to recognise his claim to the throne. However, he had to surrender Jersey to the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of England

The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first Kingdom of England and Wales, and then Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland from 1649 to 1660....
on 12 December 1651. He then went into exile in France, where he was imprisoned in 1657 and then exiled from there, after which he went to Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
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Restoration

At the Restoration

English Restoration

The English Restoration, or simply The Restoration began in 1660 when the English monarchy, Scottish monarchy and Irish monarchy were restored under Charles II of England after the Interregnum that followed the English Civil War....
, having shared Charles II’s banishment, Sir George formed one of the immediate train of the restored monarch on his triumphant entry into London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. The next day Carteret was sworn into the Privy Council, appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is an officer of the Royal Household of the Monarch of the United Kingdom....
, and constituted Treasurer of the Navy

Treasurer of the Navy

The Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the Great Britain government between the mid-16th and early 19th century. The office-holder was responsible for the financial maintenance of the Royal Navy....
. His career for the next decade is documented in the diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys, Fellow of the Royal Society was an English people Navy Board and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under James II of England....
who joined him as Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board

Navy Board

The Navy Board is today the body responsible for the day-to-day running of the United Kingdom Royal Navy. Its composition is identical to that of the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, except that it does not include any of Her Majesty's Ministers....
in 1662. In 1667, he exchanged his office as Vice-Chamberlain with Lord Anglesey for that of Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, an office which he sold in 1669 for £11000.

American colonies

The fidelity with which Carteret, like John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton was an English royalist soldier....
, had clung to the royal cause, gave him also great influence at court. He had, at an early date, taken a warm interest in the colonization of America. In recognition for all the help given to him during his exile in Jersey in the 1640s, Charles II gave Carteret a large grant of land in the American colonies, which he promptly named New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
. With Berkeley, he became one of the proprietors of the Province of Carolina

Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1712, was a North American Kingdom of Great Britain proprietary colony, controlled by the Lords Proprietor, a group of eight English noblemen led informally by member Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury....
, prior to their becoming jointly interested in East Jersey

East Jersey

East Jersey, together with West Jersey, was a distinct, separately governed Province of New Jersey that existed for 28 years, between 1674 and 1702....
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In 1665, Carteret was one of the drafters of the Concession and Agreement
Concession and Agreement

Concession and Agreement was a document that provided religious freedom in the colony of New Jersey. It was issued as a proclamation for the structure of the government for the colony written in 1665 by the two proprietors, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret....
, a document that provided freedom of religion

Freedom of religion

Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in religious education, practice, worship, and observance....
in the colony of New Jersey. It was issued as a proclamation for the structure of the government for the colony written by the two proprietors, Berkeley and Carteret.

Later life

In 1669, he was expelled from the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
to which he had been elected in 1661 to represent Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, for misconduct as Vice Chamberlain, being accused of embezzlement (see Andrew Marvell's Letters, pp. 125, 126). In 1673, he was appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty

Admiralty

The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Originally exercised by a single person, the office of Lord High Admiral was from the 18th century onward almost invariably put "in commission", and was exercised by a Board of Admiralty....
, and continued in the public service until his death on 14 January 1680.

Shortly before Carteret's death, the king proposed to give him the title Baron Carteret, but Carteret died too soon, so the honour was granted to his grandson George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret

George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret

George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret , was son of Philip Carteret FRS and the grandson of Sir George Carteret. He married Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville , and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville....
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George Carteret

Family

Civil War and Commonwealth

Restoration

American colonies

Later life

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