Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville ( – 18 October 1744), formerly Lady Grace Granville, was Countess Granville in her own right and the wife of

George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (July 1667 – 22 September 1695) was son of Sir Philip Carteret (died 1672) and the grandson of Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (died 1680). His mother was Lady Jemima Montagu, a daughter of Edw ...

Early life

Grace was born at

Stowe, Kilkhampton Stowe House in the parish of Kilkhampton in Cornwall, England, UK, was a mansion built in 1679 by John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701) and demolished in 1739. The Grenville family were for many centuries lords of the manor of Kilkh ...

, Cornwall, the daughter of

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC, 29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701, was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title ...

, and his wife Jane Wyche. Some sources give her date of birth as 1654, which would have made her thirteen years older than her husband. However, their marriage took place in 1675, when she is said to have been "a mere child".

Marriage and issue

She married

(1667-1695), who succeeded to his grandfather's

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in 1680 and in 1681 was raised to the status of

Baron Carteret Baron Carteret is a title that has been created twice in British history, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came into the Peerage of England in 1681 when the fourteen-year-old Sir George ...

. The Carterets had two sons: * John Carteret, later 2nd Earl Granville (1690-1763), who was married twice: first, to Frances Worsley in 1710, and second, to Lady Sophia Fermor, in 1744. He had children by both marriages. *Philip Carteret (1692-1711), who died unmarried while a pupil at

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and was buried at

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. George Carteret died, aged 28 (or 26), in 1695.

Countess Granville

Grace's brother,

Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath ( bapt. 31 August 1661 – 4 September 1701) was an English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier and peer. Born with the courtesy title of Lord Lansdown in 1661, he was the eldest son of John Granville, 1st E ...

, committed suicide a fortnight after the death of their father, and the earldom was inherited by his son, William, a minor. Following William's death in 1711, all Grace's elder siblings having predeceased her, she was created Viscountess Carteret and Countess Granville in her own right in 1714. She was able to pass on both titles to her elder son, John. Grace Carteret died at the family seat of Hawnes in Bedfordshire, aged 77, a few months after attending her son's second marriage, to Sophia Fermor. She was buried in the vault of

General Monk George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle JP KG PC (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth, his support was cruc ...

at Westminster Abbey.

References

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