John Carteret

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John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, was an 18th-century British statesman and nobleman known for his influential roles in government and his involvement in colonial administration.

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instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Earl in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
areaOfInfluence British colonial policy in North America ⓘ
British foreign policy ⓘ
aristocraticFamily Carteret family ⓘ
linked to: de Carteret family
associatedWith British Cabinet ⓘ
British Privy Council ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
birthDate 1690-04-22 ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1763-01-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
familyName Carteret ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
heldTitle Lord Carteret ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Carteret
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor foreign policy leadership during the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
involvement in British colonial administration ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
monarchServed George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Baron Carteret ⓘ
2nd Earl Granville ⓘ
notableEvent participation in negotiations during the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
notableFor oratorical skill in the House of Lords ⓘ
support of Hanoverian interests in Europe ⓘ
notableWork administration of Irish government as Lord Lieutenant ⓘ
parent George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Carteret

Grace Granville, 1st Countess Granville ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld British Ambassador to Sweden ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
Lord President of the Council ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
spouse Frances Worsley ⓘ
Sophia Fermor ⓘ
titleCreatedFrom Barony of Carteret ⓘ
titleInheritedFrom Grace Granville, 1st Countess Granville ⓘ

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