Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret (21 September 1721 – 13 February 1776) was an English nobleman and politician who was Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (1744–1747) and hereditary

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from (1763–1776).

Early life

Robert Carteret, born in 1721 and was the son of

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, who was the

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and Frances Worsley, daughter of

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

Marriage

He married a French woman 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

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, 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

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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 Americans. The British government would give partial compensation for the lost land.

Ancestry

References

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