NameEarl Granville John De Carteret Sieg 7e Sark, 1886
Birth DateApr 20, 1690
Death DateJan 2, 1763 Age: 72
Death PlaceBath Somerset
Death MemoIndex To Death Duty Registers 1796-Ref 120 181 glaosbury som
Burial DateJan 11, 1763
Burial PlaceHenry Vii.chapel Westminster Abbey
Burial MemoIn Genral Monks Vault,Henry vii Chapel
EducationWestminster School,Christchurch Oxon .DCL 26 April 1706,D.C.L.12 July1756
ReligionC Of E
Bapt DateApr 22, 1690 Age: <1
Bapt PlaceSt James Church Westminster
John took his seat in the house of Lords 25 May 1711,he became known as a staunch supporter
of the protestant succession,appointed by George 1 as one of the gentelmen of the bedchamber
on the 18 Oct 1714 :in the July of 1715 bailiff of Jersey;on the 6 July 1716 Lord Leiutentant
and Custos rotulorum of the county of Devon.This he held till August 1721,when he resigned in favour of Hugh 14th Baron Clinton.In 1719 he continued to sell the property unsold by his father Namely parcels of 3- 10 of Le Manoir estate named as Clos du Normand to Samuel de Carteret of La Dos de ane Sark.Clos a Joan to Samuel Mollet. Clos de la Tour / de la Cloche to Thomas de Carteret de la Fregondee Sark
le Vieux Clos to Elie Hamon also Le Petit Clos de Cerf to Thomass Vaudin 1720 he had sold the de Carteret Tenancey ofProperty and Seigneurie to Colonel John Johnson therby depriving the line of inheritance,which should have been passed back to the next male line.} Hon Edward de Carteret of Haynes Bedford shire{ His mother had succeded as a coheiress to the Bath Estates on the death of her nephew William3rd Earl of Bath,without issue,in May of 1711,she was on the 1st of January 1715 created
Viscountess Carteret,and Countess Granville.
The summer of 1723 was spent in Germany with the King George 1 as John was the only minster who could speak German,he together with Lord Townsend as Secretary of State”you will see by my lords dispatches how much ye king is pleased with your conduct”
There are letters dated ,13 Aug.23 Sept 1723.the August letter which was writen by John denying
the calummy that he had insinuated that money had been improperly distributed during recent treaty negotiations,an interesting letter insomuch as it shows of the struggle between Carteret and
Walpole for political supremacy ,John through his abilty to speak direct to the king had gained him the influence over Walpole,”Count Welling gives out ,yet he can bring proofs,I have said yet ye Treaty made with the king as Elector cost his Majesty a great sum of money.If he would insinuate by yet expression yet money was given candestinely,nothing can be more scandalous,nor false far from saying any such thing,I never gave the least hint yet was to any one living.”
In 1743 John was back in Germany for what purpose at this point we do not know,but his wife died
and was buried in Hanover.
John 3rd baron Hawnes
see.
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?searc...t&LinkID=mp70375Philip's brother John, 2nd Earl Granville and Viscount Carteret, politician, was born in 1690 and died on 2 January 1763. He was buried in General Monk's vault. His first wife Frances, daughter of Sir Robert Worsley by Lady Frances Thynne, was born in 1694 and died 20 June 1743 at Hanover. She was buried with John on 23 December. His second wife was Lady Sophia Fermor, daughter of Thomas 1st Earl of Pontefract. She died on 7 October 1745 and was buried in the Monk vault.
A marriage settlement of ,sixteen Hundred pounds a year jointure,Four hundred pin-money,some Two thousand of Jewels”Carteret says he does not intend to marry the mother and the whole family”a hint at the Jointure.[HW]
The wedding took place in the evening at Lord Pomfrets house,the invited were Countess Granville ,Johns mother who did not go and his daughters were not invited for “it might effect them too much”
Sophia died of a fever on the 7th October 1745 a few weeks after the birth of her daughter Sophia,who became the wife of William 2nd Earl Shelbourne