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The de Carteret family was perhaps the greatest of the patrician families of the Channel Islands. Their influence on the Island lasted from the 10th century until the present time. Their influence on the Island lasted from the 10th century until the present time.
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 (earlier, de Carteret) is a surname of ... members of the Carteret family have occupied influential positions in ... De Carteret family; List of Seigneurs of ...
Guy de Carteret, a.k.a. "The Fowler", (circa 960-1004) was the first Lord of the Barony of Carteret in Normandy for which there is record. They also held the lordship of St. Ouen on the Isle of Jersey. Family members assisted William the Conqueror at Hastings and took part in the Crusades alongside Robert, son of the duke of Normandy.
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.
Philip Carteret was the son of Philippe de Carteret II.He succeeded to the Seigneurie of Sark on the death of his father in 1643.. During the English Civil War, Carteret was lieutenant to his kinsman George Carteret, and was knighted on the beach of St Aubin's Bay in Jersey by the exiled Charles, Prince of Wales in 1645.
Monument to Elizabeth Carteret (1665–1717), wife of Sir Philip Carteret, 2nd Baronet, formerly in Westminster Abbey, now at Haynes Park in Bedfordshire. The inscription is on the thin diagonal slab held by a putto. Sir Philip Carteret, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650 – 1693), also known as Philippe de Carteret IV, was the 5th Seigneur of Sark from ...
Carteret family (1 C, 35 P) S. Seigneurs of Sark (20 P) Pages in category "People from Sark" ... Hellier de Carteret; Sir Philip Carteret, 1st Baronet; Philippe de ...