Sir Philip Carteret, 1st Baronet

Sir Philip Carteret, 1st Baronet (1620 – between 1663 and 1675), also known as Philippe de Carteret III, was the 4th Seigneur of Sark. He supported the Royalist (Cavalier) cause during the War of the Three Kingdoms.

Biography

Philip Carteret was the son of Philippe de Carteret II. He succeeded to the Seigneurie of Sark on the death of his father in 1643.

During the English Civil War Carteret was lieutenant to his kinsman George Carteret, and was knighted on the beach of St Aubin's Bay in Jersey by the exiled Charles, Prince of Wales in 1645.

In 1661 he became Bailiff of Jersey. in 1670 he was created a baronet, of St Owen on the Island of Jersey.

Family

Carteret married Anne (1566–1700), daughter of Abraham Dumaresq Seig Des Augres. They had children including Phillip (1650-1693) and two daughters.^[1]

Notes

References

• Decarteret staff (12 November 2005) [1996], Sir Philip De Carteret Seig,St Ouen ,Sark ,Rozel, Decarteret.org.uk, archived from the original on 11 March 2007, retrieved October 2006  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
• Philippe de Carteret, Bailiff 1661-1662, TheIslandWiki, 30 August 2013, retrieved December 2015  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)