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Carter, Philip Charles, son of Philip Carter of Marlborough, Wilts, and Alice Bridget, d. of Thomas Allies Oldaker of Hereford; b. 13 Dec. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left Dec. 1926; Oriel Coll. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1969; adm. a solicitor Nov. 1935; asst solicitor Treasury Solicitor's Dept; RAFVR 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr), despatches Jan. 1944; m. 14 July 1936 Lesley Myra, d. of Howard James of Christchurch, NZ; d. 25 Nov. 1990.

Carter, Rodney Martin, son of Ernest Campbell Carter LDS, of Chislehurst, Kent, and Hilda Newport, d. of John Rowland of Old Charlton, Kent; b. 15 Dec. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; FRICS, practised in Chislehurst until 1971; an underwriting member of Lloyd's; later res. in Portugal; m. 12 Apr. 1954 Joan Patricia, d. of Charles Cornforth of Blackpool; d. 22 Oct. 1976.

CARTER, THOMAS RICHARD, son of Richard Carter, Haseley, Oxfordshire, barrister, Chief Justice of Glamorgan, and Bencher, Inner Temple, and Martha, widow of George Blackall, Haseley, Oxfordshire, and dau. of Rev. Thomas Cornish, Vicar of Watlington, Oxfordshire; b.; adm. Jan 1738/9 (Bambrig's); KS (aged 14) 1740; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 - Nov 1758, Faculty Student 9 Nov 1758 - void by marriage 13 Jun 1759; BCL 1752; adm. Inner Temple 19 Jan 1745/6, chambers there from 1748, called to bar 29 Jun 1750; adm. Middle Temple 1 Jun 1756; of Bayford, Herts.; m. 7 Jun 1759 Anne Tobina, dau. of Toby Chauncy, Edgcote, Northants; d. 14 May 1795.

CARTER, THOMAS, son of Rev. Samuel Carter, Rector of Bridport, Dorset; bapt. 8 Dec 1633; at school under Busby; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 30 Sep 1650, aged 15, matr. Mich. 1651 (J. E. B. Mayor, ed., Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., pt. i, 97); 10th in ordo 1654/5; BA 1654/5; MA 1658; Fellow, St. John’s Coll. Camb. 1655; Curate, Chatham, Kent 17 Sep 1658; ejected at Restoration; practised medicine at Newington Butts; m. 29 Sep 1659 Ruth Browne, Chatham, Kent; d. between 1680 and 1690.

CARTER, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Richard Carter (qv); b.; adm. 1 Jun 1774; KS 1775; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions, 21 May 1779, of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1779, matr. 3 Jun 1779, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1779 - Nov 1790, Faculty Student 10 Nov 1790 - void on marriage 25 Nov 1791; BA 1783; MA 1786; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jun 1780, called to bar 9 Feb 1787; [? also adm. Inner Temple, year 1785/6]; private secretary to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), when Home Secretary, 5 Jan 1795 - 6 Aug 1798; MP Tamworth 1796-1802, Callington 1807 - Apr 1810; High Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1806; m. Nov 1791 Glencairn, dau. of Walter Campbell, Shawfield, Lanarkshire, and Islay, Argyllshire; d. 10 Jun 1835.

CARTERET, GEORGE, eldest son of Edward Carteret MP, St. Clement Danes, London, Joint Postmaster-General, and Bridget, widow of Sir John Sudbury, Bart. (qv) and of Thomas Clutterbuck, Ingatestone, Essex, and dau. of Sir Thomas Exton, Kt LLD, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; half-brother of Thomas Clutterbuck (qv); bapt. Ingatestone, Essex 26 Oct 1701; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1716; d. at school 9 Nov 1718. Buried in North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

CARTERET, JOHN, 2ND EARL GRANVILLE, eldest surviving son of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret, and Lady Grace Granville, subsequently created Countess Granville, youngest dau. of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath; b. 22 Apr 1690; succ. his father as 2nd Baron Granville 22 Sep 1695; at school under Knipe; contributed to collection of verses written by the scholars on death of Duke of Gloucester, 1700; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1705/6; DCL 12 Jul 1756; took seat, House of Lords, 25 May 1711; a supporter of the Hanoverian succession; a Lord of the Bedchamber to George I, 16 Oct 1714 - Aug 1721; Bailiff of Jersey, Jul 1715; Lord Lieutenant, Devon, 13 Jul 1716 - 9 Aug 1721; joined section of Whig party headed by Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (qv), 1717; Ambassador Extraordinary to Sweden, May 1719 - Jun 1720, securing opening of Baltic to British commerce and negotiating peace between the Baltic powers; Secretary of State, Southern Department, 5 Mar 1721 - Apr 1724; Privy Councillor 5 Mar 1721; became a favourite of George I but was not able to rival the supremacy of Sir Robert Walpole; Lord Lieutenant, Ireland, 3 Apr 1724 - Apr 1730; on intimate terms with Swift, who said that Carteret “had a genteeler manner of binding the chains of the kingdom than most of his predecessors”; offered post of Lord Steward of Household on return from Ireland, but declined to take further office under Walpole; took a prominent part in the long struggle against Walpole, and on 13 Feb 1741 unsuccessfully moved his famous resolution in the House of Lords for Walpole’s removal from office; Secretary of State, Northern Department, 12 Feb 1742 - Nov 1744; attended George II during campaign in Germany in 1743, but his pro-Hanoverian policy made him unpopular in Britain; succ. his mother as 2nd Earl Granville, 18 Oct 1744; advised the King not to admit William Pitt to office, but failed himself to form a ministry in Feb 1746; nominated KG 22 Jun 1749, installed 12 Jul 1750; Lord President of the Council from 17 Jun 1751; of the five great men who Horace Walpole believed to have lived in his time, Granville “was most a genius . . . he conceived, knew, expressed what he pleased”; a Busby Trustee from 19 Feb 1710/1; m. 1st, 17 Oct 1710 Frances, only dau. of Sir Robert Worsley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 14 Apr 1744 Lady Sophia Fermor, sister of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (qv); d. 2 Jan 1763. Buried in north aisle of Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

CARTERET, HON. PHILIP, brother of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (qv); b. 6 Nov 1692; adm.; QS 1707; d. 19 Mar 1710/1. Buried in north aisle of Abbey, where his monument carries a bust showing him in full costume of QS of period, with gown, college waistcoat and linen bands; the epitaph was written by his Head Master, Robert Freind (KS 1680, qv).

CARTERET, ROBERT, 3RD EARL GRANVILLE, only surviving son of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (qv), and his first wife; b. 21 Sep 1721; adm. Sep 1731; left 1738; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1738; MA 1742; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 14 Dec 1744-7; mental instability was already evident while he was a MP; succ. father as 3rd Earl Granville 2 Jan 1763, but did not take seat in House of Lords; m. Elizabeth --- (said to have been French); d. 13 Feb 1776.

Carter-Locke, Harry Binstead Cockcroft, son of Henry Carter-Locke of Streatham and Minnie Claudia, d. of Robert Stone; b. 20 Mar. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (A); left July 1928; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1935, MB BS 1936; DPH 1939; RAFVR (Med.) 1942-5 (Flt Lieut.); med. pract. in Wellingborough, Chelmsford and Dagenham; MOH Bromley, Kent, 1955; m. 4 Aug. 1942 Honora Rowland, d. of Jonathan Louis Ernest Graham Coxon of Romford, Essex; d. 11 July 1971.