Family and Education
bap. 28 Nov. 1671, 3rd s. of Sir Philip Carteret of Haynes, Beds. by Lady Jemima, da. of Edward Montagu†, 1st Earl of Sandwich, and sis. of Hon. Charles Montagu* and Hon. Sidney Wortley Montagu*. educ. Brentwood; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1688; M. Temple 1688, called 1702. m. 21 Nov. 1699, Bridget (d. 1735), da. of Sir Thomas Exton†, LL.D., of Trinity Hall, Camb., dean of the Arches and chancellor, London dioc., wid. of Sir John Sudbury, 1st Bt., of Eldon, co. Dur. and of Thomas Clutterbuck of Ingatestone, Essex, 3s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 ). suc. Mrs Ann Rider at Dagenhams, Romford, Essex 1732. A. Collins, Hist. Carteret Fam. 64–65; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 234; F. A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 135; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 36, 293; Morant, Essex, ii. 568; VCH Essex, vii. 66.
Offices Held

Burgess, Bedford 1699, dep. recorder 1711–aft. 1718; prothonotary, palatinate of Durham 1712. Bedford Bor. Council, Bedford bor. recs. B2/3, corp. act bk. 1688–1718, ff. 56, 116; Post Boy, 1–4 Dec. 1711, 5–7 June 1712.

Jt. postmaster-gen. 1721– Nov. 1732, sole Nov. 1732–June 1733, jt. June 1733–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1731–4, p. 521; 1739–41, p. 200.

Main residence: St. Clement Danes, Mdx.
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Commons 1690-1715
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CARTERET, Edward (1671-1739)

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