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A descendant of Renaud de Carteret I named Hellier de Carteret colonised the island of Sark and became the first of the Seigneurs of Sark. During the English Civil War , the Great-Grandson of Hellier de Carteret , Sir George Carteret became a prominent Royalist and Friend to King Charles II , he was made Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ...
The de Carteret family originated in Normandy. They colonised the island of Sark as Seigneurs. At the time of the restoration, some became Barons Carteret and were granted lands in the Carolinas and in the State that became New Jersey. Their ancestral seat is Saint Ouen's Manor, Jersey, still today owned by persons of that name.
Carteret married Lady Grace Granville, a daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville and 2nd Baron Carteret. Carteret died in 1695, aged only 26; his widow outlived him by half a century and in 1715 was created Countess Granville .
Sir Charles Carteret, 3rd Baronet (1679–1715), eldest son and heir, [6] who died aged 34 and was the last in the male line of the senior line of the Carteret family. He was baptised at St Margaret's Church, Westminster on 4 June 1679, when King Charles II was one of his godfathers .
In the archives of Saint-Lô exists a charter, dating from the First Crusade, on which is found the seal of Renaud de Carteret. This seal shows that, during the latter part of the twelfth century, the de Carterets discarded their non-heraldic "equestrian" seal, and took into use the following arms:
Philippe de Carteret I (1552–94), Seigneur of Sark 1578-94; Philippe de Carteret II (1584-1643), Seigneur of Sark; Renaud De Carteret I (1063–1125), Anglo-French nobleman; Renaud de Carteret II, Anglo-French nobleman, father of Philippe De Carteret, 2nd of St Ouen and of Renaud De Carteret III
He was the eldest son of Sir George Carteret and his wife and cousin, Elizabeth de Cartetet. [1]Philip was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 15 February 1665.. He married Lady Jemima Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crewe, in an arranged marriage on 31 July 1665.
Sir Philippe de Carteret, 3rd Seigneur of Saint Ouen, (1205-1285) was the Seigneur of Saint Ouen of Saint Ouen's Manor during the reign of King Edward I. [1] He inherited the title from his father Sir Philippe de Carteret, 2nd Seigneur of Saint Ouen, who was unsuccessful in his attempts to regain the family's Norman holdings that were lost under King John.