Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret, MP (1721–1776) was a

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for

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(1744–1747) and hereditary

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from (1763–1776).

Early life

Robert Carteret, born in 1721 and was the son of

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, (; 22 April 16902 January 1763), commonly known by his earlier title Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763; he worked extremely close ...

, who was the

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and Frances Worsley, daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet. He was educated at

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(1731–1738) and St John's College (1738).

Parliament

Carteret in April 1744 tried to become the candidate for

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, but was unsuccessful. He instead would run to be the

for

during a by-election in 1744, he would not run for re-election after his term.

Marriage

He married a French girl named Elizabeth (died 1766); however, they did not have any issue.

Americas

Carteret, due to his inheritance from his father and his

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great-great-grandfather

Sir George Carteret Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet ( – 14 January 1680 N.S.) was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. He was also one of the original lords proprietor of the ...

, owned vast territories in the

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. After the outbreak of rebellion, Carteret would refuse to sell the land. After his death in 1776 his nephew

Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC (1735–1826), of Haynes, Bedfordshire (known until 1776 as the Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne), was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (1757–1761), for Weobley in Herefordshire (1761� ...

would inherit the land; however, as a result of the

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all land of those who supported the British was seized by the State. The British government would give compensation for the lost land.

Ancestry

References

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