John Carteret
Lord Carteret
Earl Granville
Viscount Carteret
Baron Carteret de Hawnes
Baronet de Mélèchès
seigneur de Sercq et de Saint-Ouen
Viscount Carteret
Baron Carteret de Hawnes
Baronet de Mélèchès
seigneur de Sercq et de Saint-Ouen
- Born on April 20, 1690 in London
- Deceased on January 2, 1763 in this municipality, at the age of 72 years
Parents
- George Carteret (1667 - 1695), Baron Carteret de Hawnes
- Grace Granville (1654 - 1744), Countess Granville
Family
- Married on October 17, 1710 in Warminster, with Frances Worsley (1693 - 1743), Countess Granville, issuing
Grace (1713 - 1755)- Louisa (1714 - 1736)
- Georgiana Carolina (1716 - 1780)
- Frances (1718 - 1788)
- Robert (1721 - 1776)
- Married on April 14, 1744 in London, with Sophia Fermor (1721 - 1745), Countess Granville, issuing
- Sophia (1745 - 1771)
Occupations
- lord president of the Council (1751 - 1763)
- privy counsellor (1720 - 1724, 1730 - 1754)
- ambassador of Great Britain to Sweden (1719 - 1720)
- secretary of State for the Northern Department (1742 - 1744)
- secretary of State for the Southern Department (1721 - 1724)
- leader of the House of Lords
- lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1724 - 1730)
- lord-lieutenant of Devon (1716 - 1721)
- bailli de Jersey (1715 - 1763)
- gentilhomme de la Chambre de la Reine (1716 - )
Distinctions
- most noble order of the Garter