William. Matthew. Margaret, m. to Alderman Richard Stremert, of Martha, m. to John Lane, merchant, of Bristol. Hester, m. to Sir Thomas Langton, knt. of Bristol. The eldest son, 1. SIR ROBERT CANN, who was mayor of Bristol (1662 and 1675), and its representative in 1678, received the honour of knighthood from King CHARLES II. 22nd April, 1662, and was advanced to a BARONETCY on the 13th September, in the same year. In 1664, he had an addition to his arms from Sir Edward Walker, garter king of arms, viz. " on a fess, three leopards' faces, or." Sir Robert m. first, Cecily, daughter of Mr. Alderman Humphry Hooke, of Bristol, and by that lady had WILLIAM, his successor. Anne, m. first, to Sir Robert Gunning, knt. of Cold Ashton, in the county of Somerset, and secondly, to Sir Dudley North, knt. brother of Charles, Lord North and Grey, to Sir Francis North, the lord-keeper, and to Lord Guildford. By the latter husband, she had a son, Dudley North, of Glemhain, in Suffolk, who m. Catherine, daughter of Eliha Yale, esq. a governor in the East Indies, and had a son, Dudley North, of Glemham, who m. Lady He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter of W. Popley, esq. and had another son, (with a daughter, m. to Col. Joseph Earle, M.P. for Bristol,) another son, THOMAS (Sir), knighted by King JAMES II. in the second year of whose reign he was high sheriff of the county of Gloucester. He m. Miss Earle, daughter of Sir Thomas Earle, knt. and dying in the lifetime of his father, left ROBERT, who inherited as fourth baronet. WILLIAM, town-clerk of Bristol, who s. his brother as 5th baronet. Sir Robert d. in November, 1685, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR WILLIAM CANN, of Compton Green, in the county of Gloucester, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Langton, knt. of Bristol, and dying 16th July, 1697, was s. by his son, 1. SIR WILLIAM CANN. This gentleman wedded Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Chester, M.P. for Gloucestershire, but dying s. p. 27th April, 1726, in his thirty-second year, was s. by his cousin, IV. SIR ROBERT CANN, high sheriff for Gloucestershire in 1726, who d. unm. in 1748, and was s. by his brother, V. SIR WILLIAM CANN, who left an only son, VI. SIR ROBERT CANN, who m. Anne, daughter of Heary Churchman, esq. of Aust, in Gloucestershire, but dying without issue 20th July, 1765, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, while the estates devolved on Sir Robert's only sister and heiress, SIR NICHOLAS CAREW, knt. who d. in 1449, m. Joan, daughter of Sir Hugh Courteney, knt. of Haccombe, by Philippa, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir Warren Erchedeacon, knt.) and had five sons, viz. THOMAS (Sir), ancestor of George Carew, Earl of Totness. NICHOLAS, of Haccombe, Ringmore, and Milton. ALEXANDER, of East Anthony, in Cornwall, Shogge- WILLIAM (Sir), of Wicheband, Widebridge, Bokeland, and Bledenagh, ancestor of the Carews of This was a younger branch of the Carews of Haccombe, in the county of Devon, founded by ALEXANDER CAREW, esq. of East Anthony, in Cornwall, who m. Isabel, daughter of John Hatch, esq. of Woodleigh, in Devon, (by the heir of Dyrwin) and dying in the 11th HENRY VIII. was s. by his son, JOHN CAREW, esq. of Anthony, who m. Thomasine, daughter and co-heir of Roger Holland, esq. and had four sons, viz. WYMOND (Sir), his successor. John, of Poole, who left two daughters, his coheirs. Thomas, m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Giles Strangeways, knt. and from him sprang the CAREWS of Hamworth, in the county of Dorset. Roger, master of one of the colleges in Oxford. Mr. Carew, who was sheriff of Cornwall in the 6th of HENRY VIII. was s. at his decease by his eldest son, SIR WYMOND CAREW, knt. of Anthony, who was treasurer to Queen CATHERINE, in the time of HENRY VIII. and was knighted at the coronation of King EDWARD, being one of the forty knights made instead of so many knights of the bath, the time not being sufficient to perform the ceremonies necessary to the latter creations. He m. Martha, daughter of Edward Denny, esq. king's remembrancer, temp. HENRY VII., and had issue, THOMAS, his heir. Roger, who left issue. Crowcombe. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. i. p. 266. The eldest son having disobliged his mother, that lady settled seventeen manors upon her younger sons, entailing the lands upon them and the issue of their bodies, substituting for want thereof, the one to be the heir of the other, and in witness whereof (she says in her conveyance) to each of these deeds five times indented, I have set my seal; and because my seal is to many unknown, have procured the seal of the mayor of the city of Exeter to be also adjoyned." + CAREW, in his survey of Cornwall, calls this gentleman "Dr. Carew, one of the ancientest masters in chancery, in which calling, after his younger years, spent RICHARD CAREW, esq. the celebrated antiquary, and surveyor of Cornwall, sheriff of that county in the 24th ELIZABETH, and M.P. for Saltash in the 27th of the same reign. Of this learned person, Anthony Wood, in his quaint style, gives the following account: "He was born at East Anthony, of an ancient and genteel family, 1555, became a gent. com. of Christ Church very young, about the time that his kinsman, George Carew, (afterwards Earl of Totness,) and William Camden, studied there; at fourteen years of age, he disputed extempore with the matchless Sir William Sidney, in the presence of the Earls of Leicester, Warwick, and other nobility, at what time they were lodged in Christ Church to receive entertainment from the muses; after he had spent three years in Oxon, he retired to the Middle Temple, where he spent three years more, and then was sent with his uncle, (Sir George Carew, as it seems,) in his embassage unto the King of Poland, whom, when he came to Dantzick, he found that he had been newly gone from thence into Sweden, whither also he went after him. After his return, and a short stay made in England, he was sent by his father into France, with Sir Henry Nevill, who was then ambassador leiger unto King HENRY IV. He was high sheriff of Cornwall, 1586. In 1589, he was elected a member of the college of antiquaries, and about that time he made an historical survey of his native county, which was afterwards printed, he being then accounted a religious, ingenious man, learned, eloquent, liberal, stout, honest, and well skilled in several languages, and the most excellent manager of bees in Cornwall. He was intimate with the most noted scholars in his time, particularly with Sir Hen. Spelman, who in an epistle, (in his treatise, De non temerandis Ecclesiæ,) to him, doth not a little extoll him, for his ingenuity, virtue, and learning." Camden characterizes him, as a person no less eminent for his honourable ancestors, than his own virtue and learning, who hath described and drawn this county, (Cornwall,) not in little, but at large, and whom I cannot but acknowledge to have abroad to his benefit, he hath reposed himself." He again mentions him thus:-" Master George Carew, (afterwards Sir George) in his younger yeres, gathered such fruit at the universitie, the innes of court, and forrayne travel could yeeld him: upon his returne, he was first called to the bar, then supplyed the place of secretarie to the Lord Chancellour Hatton; and after his decease, performed the like office to his two successors, by special recommendation from her Majestie, who also gave him the prothonotaryship of the chancery, and in Anno 1598, sent him ambassador to the King of Poland, and other northern potentates, where through unexpected accidents, he underwent extraordinary perils, but God freed him from them, and he performed his duty in acceptable maner, and at this present the commonwealth useth his service as a master of the chancery." He m. + His younger son, JOHN CAREW, was a gallant soldier, and served with distinction in the Low Countries, and other parts. Having lost his right hand by a cannon ball at the siege of Ostend, in 1601, he was known amongst his friends as "one-handed Carew." Alice, daughter of John Hilman, esq. of Furlong, and left issue. This branch is now extinct in the male line, but is still continued in the female by the families of HOBLYN, PETER, and TREMAYNE. been my chief guide through it." And again, speaking of Anthony, in Cornwall, he says, " Richard Carew, lord of it, 1607, who not only lived up to the dignity of his ancestors, but excelled them all in the ornaments of virtue." This eminent person m. Julian, daughter of John Arundel, esq. of Trerice, (and one of the heirs of her mother, Catharine Cosewarth,) by which lady he had several children. He d. 6th Nov. 1620, and was buried with his ancestors in the church of East Anthony, and there was shortly after a splendid monument erected to his memory. His eldest son and heir,t 1. RICHARD CAREW, esq. of Anthony, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I., 9th August, 1641. He m. first, in his father's lifetime, Bridget, daughter of John Chudleigh, esq. of Ashton, in the county of Devon, and by that lady had issue, ALEXANDER, his successor. Elizabeth, m. to- Kendall. Martha, m. to Pendarves of Pendarves. He m. secondly, Miss Rolle, of Heanton, and by her had two other sons, namely, John, M.P. for Tregony, in 1641. Thomas (Sir), of Barley, in the county of Devon, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Cooper, esq. of Bowell, in the same county, and had several children. Sir Richard was s. at his decease by his eldest son, II. SIR ALEXANDER CAREW, M.P. for Cornwall in 1641. This gentleman having espoused the cause of the parliament, was accused of treason, and tried at Guildhall, in 1644, "for adhering to the king, and betraying his trust," convicted, and sentenced to death. On the Sunday ensuing, his lady presented a petition to the House of Commons, setting forth, that her husband was in a kind of distracted condition, and unfit to die, and therefore prayed he might be reprieved: whereupon a committee was sent to visit him, and report his condition, who declared him not to be distracted; that he might have time, however, to settle his estate and prepare himself for death, execution was respited for above a month, viz. until Monday, December 23, 1644, when he was brought by the lieutenant and his officers to a scaffold erected on Tower Hill, and there decapitated. He had m. Jane, daughter of Robert Rolle, esq. of Heanton, in the county of Devon, and sister of Sir Robert Rolle, knt. and had issue, Lord Clarendon relates, that, at the breaking out of the civil war, Plymouth was esteemed one of the most considerable towns in the west of England; that there was in it a strong castle towards the sea, with good platforms and ordnance; and, about a musket-shot from the town, there was an island with a fort in it, much stronger than the castle; and that the mayor and corporation of Plymouth seized both the castle and island, and kept them for the parliament: that, as a reward for the service thus rendered, the parliament committed the government thereof to the mayor, who was well enough instructed, what respect to pay to their committee, which was appointed to reside there for his assistance, and to conduct the affairs in those parts. His lordship continues, “Of that committee, Sir Alexander Carew was one, a gentleman of good fortune in Cornwal, who served in parliament as knight for that county, and bad, from the beginning of the parliament, concurred in all conclusions with the most violent, with as full a testimony of that zeal and fury, to which their confidence was applied, as any man. To him the custody and government of that fort and island, which was looked upon as the security of the town, was committed, and a sufficient garrison put into it. The mayor commanded the castle and the town, about which a line was cast up of earth, weak and irregular. After the battle of Stratton, and the king's forces prevailing so far over the JOHN, his successor. Thomas, of Harrowbear, from whom descended ALEXANDER, in holy orders, who s. as seventh baronet. Sir Alexander was s. by his elder son, III. SIR JOHN CAREW, member in the restoration parliament for Cornwall, and again in that chosen in 1688. This gentleman m. first, Sarah, daughter of Anthony Hungerford, esq. of Farley Castle, and sister of Sir Edward Hungerford, K.B. and by her had two daughters, SARAH, m. to Jonathan Rashleigh, esq. of Menabilly, in Cornwall, and left a daughter, SARAH RASHLEIGH, who m. the Rev. CAROLUS POLE, rector of St. Breok, and with a younger son and daughter, had a son and heir, REGINALD POLE, who m. Anne, daughter of John Francis Buller, esq. of Morval, in Cornwall, and had with other children, REGINALD POLE, who inherited the estates of the Carews, and assuming their surname, was the late Right Hon. REGINALD POLE CAREW, of East Anthony. to Ambrose Manaton, esq. of Manaton, in Devonshire. RACHAEL, M. Gertrude, m. first, to Sir Godfrey Copley, bart. of Sprotborough, in the county of York, and secondly, to Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, bart.; by the latter she had issue, SIR RICHARD WARWICK BAMPFYLDE, bart. grandfather of George-Warwick, first Baron Poltimore. Mary Bampfylde, m. first, to Sir Coventry Carew, bart. and secondly, to William Buller, esq. M.P. for Westloe. Sir John d. in 1692, and was s. by his elder son, IV. SIR ALEXANDER CAREW, who d. s. p. and was s. by his brother, v. SIR WILLIAM CAREW, M.P. for Cornwall. This gentleman m. Lady Anne Coventry, only daughter and heiress of Gibert, fourth Earl of Coventry, and dying 8th March, 1744, was s. by his only son, VI. SIR COVENTRY CAREW, who m. 1st July, 1738, his cousin, Mary, only daughter of Sir Coplestone west, that Bristol was taken by them, and Exeter closely besieged, Sir Alexander Carew began to think, his island and fort would hardly secure his estate in Cornwal, and understood the law so well, (for he had had a good education), to know, that the side he had chosen would be no longer the better, than it should continue the stronger; and having originally followed no other motives than of popularity and interest, resolved now to redeem his errors, and found means to correspond with some of his old friends and neighbours in Cornwal, and by them to make a direct overture to surrender that fort and island to the king, upon an assurance of his Majesty's pardon, and a full remission of his offences. Sir John Berkley, who then lay before Exeter, was the next supreme officer qualified to entertain such a treaty, and he instantly, by the same conveyance, returned him as ample assurance of his own conditions as could be; with advice, that he should not upon defect of forms (which upon his engagement should be supplied with all possible expedition to his own satisfaction) defer the consummating the work, which hereafter possibly might not be in his power to Warwick Bampfylde, bart. of Poltimore, but d. s. p. 24th March, 1748, when the BARONETCY reverted to his kinsman, VII. THE REV, SIR ALEXANDER CAREW (refer to Sir Alexander, the second bart.) who d. also issueless, when the title became EXTINCT. The estates, including East Anthony, passed at the decease of Lady Carew, widow of Sir Coventry Carew, to John Carew, esq. of Camerton, of the Crowcombe branch, and at his demise without male issue to the great-grandson of the third baronet (to whom refer), the Right Hon. REGINALD POLE CAREW, of East Anthony. Arms-Or, three lioncels passant in pale sa, armed and langued gu. CAREW, OF BEDDINGTON. CREATED 11th Jan. 1715.-EXTINCT 19th Aug. 1762. Lineage. SIR NICHOLAS THROCK MORTON, knt. of Pauler's Perry, in Northamptonshire (fourth son of Sir George Throckmorton, of Coughton, by Catharine, his wife, daughter of Nicholas, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, see BURKE'S Baronetage), was a distinguished person at the time in which he lived, and filled successively the appointments of chief butler, chamberlain of the Exchequer, and ambassador to France and Scotland. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew, K.G. of Beddington, and sister and heir of Sir Francis Carew, by whom he had issue, 1. ARTHUR (Sir), of Pauler's Perry, knt. sheriff of Northamptonshire, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Lucas, of Colchester, and had four daughters, his co-heirs, viz. MARY, m. in 1608, to Thomas, Baron Wotton. ELIZABETH, m. in 1617, to Richard, Lord CATHERINE, died unmarried. II. NICHOLAS, of whom presently. I. ELIZABETH, m. to SIR WALTER RALEIGH, The younger son, SIR NICHOLAS THROCKMORTON, knt. of Beddington, in Surrey, inherited the estate and assumed the surname of his maternal ancestors, CAREW. He m. Mary, eldest daughter of Sir George More, knt. of Loseley, and was s. by his son, SIR FRANCIS CAREW, of Beddington, who m. Susan, daughter of Sir William Romney, and dying 9th April, 1649, left a son and successor, effect. But he was so sottishly and dangerously wary of his own security, (having neither courage enough to obey his conscience, nor wicked enough to be prosperous against it,) that he would not proceed till he was sufficiently assured that his pardon was passed the great seal of England; before which time, though all imaginable haste was made, by the treachery of a servant whom he trusted, his treaty and design were discovered to the mayor and the rest of the committee: and according to the diligence used by that party in cases of such concernment, he was suddenly, and without resistance, surprised in his fort, and carried prisoner into Plymouth, and from thence by sea sent to London, when he was condemned by a court-martial, and executed as above related." * John Carew, esq. of Camerton and East Anthony, left two daughters, MARY, m. to George Henry Warrington, esq. of SIR NICHOLAS CAREW, of Beddington, who m. Susan, dau. of Sir Justinian Isham, and had, with other issue, FRANCIS (Sir), his heir. Philippa, m. Richard Gee, esq. of Orpington, in RICHARD GEE, of Orpington, who m. Eliza- 1. WILLIAM GEE, of Beddington. Sir Nicholas d. in 1687-8, and was s. by his son, 1. NICHOLAS CAREW, esq. of Beddington, b. 6th February, 1686-7, M.P. for Haslemere, and subsequently knight of the shire for Surrey, who was created a BARONET 11th June, 1715. He m. Anne, daughter of Nicholas Hacket, esq. of Bucks, and had one son and one daughter, viz. NICHOLAS HACKET, his heir. Anne, m. first, to Thomas Fountayne, esq. of Melton, in Yorkshire; and secondly, to Joshua Ward, esq. of the Inner Temple. Sir Nicholas died in March, 1726-7 (his widow, who wedded, secondly, in 1728, William Chetwynd, esq. M.P. died in 1740), and was s. by his only son, II. SIR NICHOLAS-HACKET CAREW, of Beddington, who m. in April, 1741, the daughter of John Martin, esq. of Overbury, in Gloucestershire, M.P. for Tewkesbury, but dying without male issue 19th August, 1762, he devised his estates, first to his daughter Catharine, who d. unmarried in 1769, and subsequently to different relations; they ultimately devolved on RICHARD GEE, esq. (grandson of Richard Gee, esq. of Orpington, by Philippa, daughter of Nicholas Carew, esq. of Beddington). Mr. Gee assumed the surname and arms of CAREW, but d. unmarried in 1816, bequeathing the property to his brother William's widow, Mrs. Anne Paston Gee, who died in 1828, and by her will devised Beddington, &c. to Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell, who assumed the surname of Carew and died in 1836, when he was s. by his son, the present Captain Carew, R. N. of Beddington. Arms-Or, three lioncels passant in pale sa. GEORGE, his heir. ANNE, b. at Cheeveley, 29th October, 1627, m. in 1647, George Garth, esq. of Morden, in Surrey, and had issue. She d. in 1655, and was buried at Morden. CATHARINE, b. at Cheeveley, in 1630, m. in 1652, to JOHN STONE, esq. and d. at Crawley, in Bedfordshire, in 1668, leaving with other issue, a son and eventual heir, JOHN STONE, esq. of Brightwell, who d. without issue in 1732, the last of his family, bequeathing his estates to Mary Stone, his widow, for life, with remainder to his cousin and heir, FRANCIS LOWE, esq. by whose great-grand son, WILLIAM-FRANCIS LOWNDES - STONE, esq. of Brightwell Park, in Oxfordshire, they are now possessed. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 261.) Sir John Carleton d. in London, in November, 1637, and was buried at Brightwell. His widow survived until 17th May, 1671, and was interred at Lanwade, the burial place of the Cotton family. Sir John's only son, II. SIR GEORGE CARLETON, of Holcombe, d. unmarried in 1650, seised of the manors of Brightwell, Cadwallis, and Holcombe, in the county of Oxford, and administration was granted in February, 1651, to his two sisters, as co-heirs, but a fine was levied by George Garth, and Anne, his wife, John Stoue, and Catharine, his wife, and a recovery suffered of the estates, and by a subsequent deed in the same year between the same parties, John Stone agreed to pay off certain rent charges, &c. and also the sum of £5400 to George Garth, esq. which was accordingly paid, whereby the said George Garth released all the estates to John Stone, and Catharine, his wife, and their heirs for ever. Those estates are at present enjoyed by WILLIAM-FRANCIS LOWNDES-STONE, esq. of Brightwell Park. At Sir George Carleton's decease, in 1650, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms Arg. on a bend sa. three mascles of the field. CARPENTIER, OF FRANCE. CREATED 9th Oct. 1658.-EXTINCT, date unknown. Lineage. In 1658, a BARONETCY of England was conferred on 1. SIR ARTHUR MARIGNI CARPENTIER, but of this gentleman, who was of French extraction, and of his descendants, no particulars have ever been obtained. CARR, OF Sleaford. Lineage. 1. SIR JOHN CARLETON, of Holcombe, in Oxfordshire, created a BARONET in 1627, was eldest son and heir of George Carleton, esq. of Holcombe, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Brockett, of Brockett Hall, Herts, and inherited in 1631, under the will of his uncle, Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, that nobleman's estate at Brightwell, in Oxfordshire. He m. in 1625, Anne, daughter of Sir R. Houghton, knt. of Houghton, in Lancashire, and relict of Sir John Cotton, of Lanwade, in Cambridgeshire, by whom he had one son and two daughters, viz. Katherine, daughter of Charles Bolle, esq. of Haugh, which lady d. s. p., and secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Dyer, knt. of Staughton, in the county of Huntingdon, by whom he left at his decease in 1619, a son, 11. SIR ROBERT CARR, of Sleaford, who m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Gargrave, knt. of Nostell, in the county of York, and dying 14th Aug. 1667, was s. by his son, III. SIR ROBERT CARR, of Sleaford, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Bennet, sister of Henry, Lord Arlington, and was s. at his decease, in November, 1682, by his son, IV. SIR EDWARD CARR, of Sleaford, at whose decease s. p. 1683, aged twenty-one, the BARONETCY be REGINALD DE CARTERET, son of Sir Philip de Carteret, Lord of St. Owen, preserved, by his prudence and valour, the island of Jersey from falling into the hands of the French in the year 1374, when Bertrand du Guesclin, constable of France, famous for his many victories over the English, passed suddenly from Bretagne into Jersey, with an army of ten thousand men, wherein were the Duke of Bourbon, and the flower of the French chivalry. At that time this Reginald de Carteret secured Mount Orgueil Castle, and defended it so bravely, that after many violent assaults the constable withdrew his forces, leaving many of his best soldiers dead under the walls. For this great achievement, Reginald and his seven sons were all knighted by King EDWARD III. in one day. From this gallant personage we pass to his descendant, SIR PHILIP CARTERET, who undertook, in the reign of ELIZABETH, to plant such a colony in the island of Sark, as should keep out the French, and he accordingly enlarged the settlement, and thereby improved his own estate. He m. Rachael, daughter and heir of Sir George Paulet, son and heir of Lord Thomas Paulet, of Cossington, in the county of Somerset, second son of William, Marquess of Winchester, and had, with other issue, PHILIP (Sir), his successor, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Francis Dowse, knt. of Wallop, in the county of Southampton, and was s. by his eldest son, PHILIP, in the seigniory of St. Owen. This gentleman was created a BARONET in 1670, as SIR PHILIP CARTERET, of St. Owen, in Jersey. He m. Anne Dumasque, and dying in 1662, was s. by his son, PHILIP, second baronet, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Carteret, and dying in 1693, was s. by his son, CHARLES (Sir), third baronet, who was one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber to Queen ANNE, and HELIER CARTERET, esq. deputy governor of Jersey, m. Elizabeth Dumasque, and had, with other children, I. SIR GEORGE CARTERET, a naval officer of high reputation, who, through the influence of the Duke of Buckingham, was appointed in the 2nd of King CHARLES I. joint governor of Jersey, and at the breaking out of the civil war, held the office of comptroller of the navy. Sir George was, however, so much esteemed by all parties, that when the parliament passed the ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to command the fleet, then fully and entirely at their disposal, they likewise resolved that Captain Carteret should be vice-admiral: but he declined the appointment at the express command of the king. Upon which Lord Clarendon observes, "his interest and reputation in the navy was so great, and his diligence and dexterity in command so eminent, that it was generally believed he would, against whatsoever the Earl of Warwick could have done, have preserved the major part of the fleet in their duty to the king." Having thus retired from the navy, he withdrew with his family to Jersey; but subsequently returned to aid the projects of the royalists, when he was created by King CHARLES a BARONET, 9th May, 1645. He again, however, went back to his government in Jersey, and there, in the ruin of the royal cause, afforded an asylum to the Prince of Wales, (who appointed him his vice-chamberlain,) Mr. Hyde, afterwards Lord Clarendon, and other refugees of distinction. After this he defended the island of Jersey in the most gallant manner against the parliamentarians, and ultimately only surrendered upon receiving the command of King CHARLES II. so to do. Elizabeth Castle, in the island of Jersey, under Sir George Carteret, was the last fortress that lowered the royal banner. At the restoration, Sir George formed one of the immediate train of the restored monarch in his triumphant entry into London; and the next day he was sworn of the privy-council, and declared VICE-CHAMBERLAIN. He was afterwards returned to parliament by the corporation of Portsmouth. Sir George m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Carteret, knt. of St. Owen, and had issue, PHILIP (Sir), who had eminently distinguished himself during the civil wars, and was governor of Mount Orgueil Castle, when it was invested by the parliamentary forces in 1651. Sir Philip m. Jemima, daughter of Edward Montagu, first Earl of Sandwich, vice-admiral of England, and had issue, GEORGE, Who s. his grandfather. Philip, captain of marines. Lost at sea in 1693. Edward, M.P. joint post-master-general, m. Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Exton, judge of the high court of admiralty, and d. in 1739, leaving issue. Sir Philip Carteret being with his father-in-law, James, captain R.N. in the reign of King CHARLES George, d. unm. in 1656. |