Frederick Carter
Hugh W. Hoyles | |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Charles Fox Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 12, 1819 Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Eliza Bayly |
Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter, Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878.
Career
Carter was the son of
Speaker from 1861 to 1865. In 1865 he succeeded Sir Hugh Hoyles
as Prime Minister.
Carter was a supporter of
Fathers of Confederation. Carter became Premier a second time in 1874, serving until 1878, but had dropped the issue of joining Canada. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
(KCMG) in 1878.
In 1880 Carter was appointed
Supreme Court of Newfoundland, succeeding Sir Hugh Hoyles, and served in the post until 1898.[4] During his term as Chief Justice, Carter was a valued advisor for the Colonial Governors of Newfoundland and acted as administrator of the colony in their absence.[5]
Carter was a
Freemason of St. John's Lodge, No. 579, a Newfoundland lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England.[6]
He died in
St. John's, Newfoundland in early March 1900.[7]
Family
Carter married, in 1846, Eliza Bayly, daughter of George Bayly, Controller of HM Customs, Newfoundland. The couple had eleven children.
References
- ^ "CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ISBN 0-9693422-1-7.
- ^ "Carter, Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington National Historic Person". Parks Canada. 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- ^ "Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". www.biographi.ca. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ Michael Jenkyns (July 2017). "Canada's Sesquicentennial - Freemasonry and Confederation". Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Obituaries - Sir Frederick Carter". The Times. No. 36080. London. 3 March 1900. p. 8.
External links
- Hiller, J.K. (1990). "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter
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