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Vice-Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet ( c. 1610 – 14 January 1680 N.S.) was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. He was also one of the original lords proprietor of the former British colony of Carolina and New Jersey.
A British naval officer and lieutenant governor of Jersey, Carteret made the island a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil Wars and privateered in the Stuart cause, thereby winning a knighthood (1644) and a baronetcy (1645).
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Vice-Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 – 14 January 1680 N.S.) was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. He was also one of the original lords proprietor of the former British colony of Carolina and New Jersey.
30. Apr. 2022 · Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 – 18 January 1680 N.S.), son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. He was also one of the original Lords Proprietor of the former British colony of Carolina and U.S. state of New ...
- Saint Helier, Jersey
- circa 1610
14. Okt. 2021 · White paint was poured over the statue of slave trader Sir George Carteret in Jersey in 2020. Jersey was "active" in the transatlantic slave trade according to the authors of a new report. An...
Carteret’s family originated in Jersey, a cadet branch of the de Carterets of St Ouen’s Manor, one of the most prominent families on the island. Carteret’s grandfather, Sir George Carteret ‡ , had made the move to England following his resolute service in the royal cause during the Civil War and Interregnum.
Sir George Carteret (kär´tərĕt), c.1610–1680, proprietor of East Jersey (see New Jersey). He served in the British navy, fought for the royalists, and became (1643) lieutenant governor of his native island of Jersey.
