George Carteret


George Carteret

Sir George Carteret
Bornc. 1610
St Peter, Jersey[1]
Died(1680-01-14)14 January 1680
Allegiance Kingdom of England
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice-Admiral
Commands heldTreasurer of the Navy
Comptroller of the Navy
HMS Mary Rose
Signature
Arms of Carteret: Gules, four fusils in fess argent

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. Carteret, New Jersey, as well as Carteret County, North Carolina, both in the United States, are named after him. He acquired the manor of Haynes, Bedfordshire, (alias Hawnes) in about 1667.[2]

  1. ^ "Sir George Carteret, Baronet | British politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Victoria County History, Bedford, Volume 2, William Page (editor), 1908, pp. 338–344, "Parishes: Hawnes or Haynes"

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