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Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret,
MP (1721–1776) was a
Member of Parliament for
Yarmouth (1744–1747) and hereditary
Bailiff of Jersey from (1763–1776).
[1]
Early life
Robert Carteret, born in 1721 and was the son of
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , who was the
Lord President of the Council and Frances Worsley, daughter of
Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet .
[2]
He was educated at
Westminster School (1731–1738) and
St John's College (1738).
[3]
Parliament
Carteret in April 1744 tried to become the candidate for
Cornwall , but was unsuccessful. He instead would run to be the
Member of Parliament for
Yarmouth during a by-election in 1744, he would not run for re-election after his term.
[1]
Marriage
He married a French woman named Elizabeth (died 1766); however, they did not have any issue.
[4]
Americas
Carteret, due to his inheritance from his father and his
Royalist great-great-grandfather
Sir George Carteret , owned vast territories in the
Province of Carolina . After the outbreak of rebellion, Carteret would refuse to sell the land. After his death in 1776 his nephew
Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret would inherit the land; however, as a result of the
American Revolutionary War , all land of those who supported the British was seized by the Americans. The British government would give partial compensation for the lost land.
[5]
Ancestors of Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville 16.
Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet 8.
Sir Philip Carteret 17. Elizabeth de Carteret 4.
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret 18.
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich 9. Jemima Montagu 19. Jemimah Crew 2.
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville 20.
Sir Bevil Grenville 10.
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 21. Grace Smith 5.
Grace Granville, 1st Countess Granville 22.
Sir Peter Wyche 11.
Jane Wyche 23. Elizabeth Saltonstall 1. Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville 24.
Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet 12.
Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet 25. Bridget Wallop 6.
Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet 26.
Hon. James Herbert 13. Mary Herbert 27. Jane Spiller 3. Frances Worsley 28. Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet 14.
Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth 29. Mary Coventry 7. Frances Thynne 30.
Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 15. Frances Finch 31. Mary Seymour
References
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"CARTERET, Robert, Lord Carteret (1721-76). | History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 30 August 2021 .
^ Burke, Bernard (1866).
A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire . Harrison.
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"Carteret, Robert, 1721-1776 - Westminster School's Archive & Collections" . collections.westminster.org.uk . Retrieved 31 August 2021 .
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^ Burke, Bernard (1866).
A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire . Harrison.
^ Payne, James Bertrand (1859–1865).
Armorial of Jersey : being an account, heraldic and antiquarian, of its chief native families, with pedigrees, biographical notices, and illustrative data; to which are added a brief history of heraldry, and remarks on the mediaeval antiquities of the island . University of California Libraries. [Jersey].