CARTERET, Sir George, 1st Bt. (c.1610-80), of Whitehall and Hawnes, Beds.

Lt. RN 1629, capt. 1633 – 39; lt.-gov. Jersey 1643 – 51, v.-adm. 1644–7.

Comptroller of the navy 1641 – 42, treas. July 1660–7; v.-chamberlain June 1660 – d.; PC 11 July 1660 – 21 Apr. 1679; commr. for trade Nov. 1660–7, plantations Dec 1660–70, trade and plantations 1671 – 74; jt. farmer, French shipping duty 1661 – 67; elder bro. Trinity House 1661 – d., master 1664 – 65; agent R. Adventurers into Africa 1661 – 63, asst. 1664 – 71; commr. for Tangier 1662 – d.; ld. prop. Carolina 1663 – d.; asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664; commr. for prize appeals 1665 – 67; v.-treas. [I] 1667 – 70; ld. of Admiralty 1673–9.Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 258; Sel. Charters (Selden Soc. xxviii), 175, 182; Pepys Diary, 27 Oct. 1662; Williamson Letters (Cam. Soc. n.s. viii), 149; Cal. Col. SP, 1661–8, p. 126; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 355; 1667, p. 347.

J.p. Essex, Hants, Kent and Mdx. 1639 – 44, Aug. 1660 – d.; bailiff, Jersey 1643 – 51, May 1660–1; commr. for assessment, Westminster 1661 – 63, 1677 – 79, Berks. 1665 – d., Devon and Hants 1665 – 79, Mdx. 1673 – 79, Beds. 1673 – d., loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662, oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1662; freeman, Portsmouth 1662; ranger, Cranborne chase 1664–d.R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 357; CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 50.