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George Frederick Cecil de Carteret (1886
[1] – 3 January 1932)
[2] was an
Anglican cleric, and the long-serving
Bishop of Jamaica from 1916 until 1931.
He was educated at
Wadham College, Oxford
[3] and
ordained in 1889.
[4] His first posts were
curacies at
Canterbury ,
Tulse Hill , and
Cheltenham .
[5] Later he held
incumbencies at St Paul's,
Southwark and Christ Church,
East Greenwich .
[6]
In 1913 he was appointed
Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before unanimous election
[7] to be its
diocesan bishop three years later. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1913 by
Randall Davidson ,
Archbishop of Canterbury ,
[8] at
Southwark Cathedral .
[9]
He resigned the See of Jamaica effective 21 March 1931 and returned to England,
[7] where his appointment as an
Assistant Bishop of Leicester was announced for 1 January 1932;
[10] but he was very ill,
[11] and (having become a
Doctor of Divinity (DD))
[12] he died in convalescence in
Canterbury on 3 January,
[13] not having been able to take up the Leicester appointment.
References
^
Roots web
^ Obituary Bishop De Carteret
The Times Tuesday, Jan 05, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46022; col D
^
“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London,
A & C Black , 2007
ISBN
978-0-19-954087-7
^ Ordinations. Canterbury
The Times Tuesday, Dec 24, 1889; pg. 6; Issue 32890; col A
^
Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London: The Field Press. p. 785.
^ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
^
a
b
"Jamaica. Bishop de Carteret's Farewell" .
Church Times . No. 3560. 17 April 1931. p. 474.
ISSN
0009-658X . Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 4 (Accessed at
Project Canterbury , 26 June 2019)
^
"Consecration of a bishop" .
Church Times . No. 2648. 24 October 1913. p. 548.
ISSN
0009-658X . Retrieved 26 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^
"Church News. Personal" .
Church Times . No. 3575. 31 July 1931. p. 134.
ISSN
0009-658X . Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^
"Church News. Invalids" .
Church Times . No. 3595. 18 December 1931. p. 718.
ISSN
0009-658X . Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^
"DE Carteret family history" . Archived from
the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-07 .
^
"Clerical obituary" .
Church Times . No. 3598. 8 January 1932. p. 33.
ISSN
0009-658X . Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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