Sir Philip Carteret, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Philip Carteret, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650 – 1693), also known as Philippe de Carteret IV, was the 5th Seigneur of Sark from 1663 to 1693.
Origins
He was born in about 1650, the eldest son of Sir Philip Carteret, 1st Baronet (1620-1675) (Philippe de Carteret III), the 4th Seigneur of Sark, by his wife Anne des Augres (1566–1644),[1] daughter of Abraham Dumaresq Seig des Augres. His father died before he came of age (aged 21) in 1671.
Career
As the Sark court refused to allow an Anglican to preside, in 1675 Philippe requested the British crown to dissolve the court, which having been achieved by an Order in Council in 1675, he instituted in its place a jurisdiction composed of a Seneschal, Greffier and Prevot.
Marriage and issue
Carteret married Elizabeth Carteret (1663–1717),[2] a daughter of Sir Edward De Carteret, Seigneur De Trinity, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod during the reign of King Charles II[3] and First Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter in Ordinary to the King,[4] by his wife Elizabeth Johnson.[5]
By his wife he had one son:
- Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne and High Bailiff of Jersey. He married Mary Carteret, a daughter of Amias Carteret, by whom he had a son:
- James Carteret, who predeceased his father and died without surviving issue.
Death
Upon his death in 1693
Monument to wife
A monument to his wife Elizabeth Carteret (1663–1717) was in
- Near this place lyeth buried Dame Elizabeth Carteret daughter of Sr. Edward Carteret, Knt., Gent. Usher of ye Black Rod in the reign of K. Charles the Second Relict of Sr. Philip Carteret Bart. and by him mother of Sr. Charles Carteret Bart., her only son, interred likewise near this place by whose decease June ye 6th A.D. 1715 in ye 34th year of his age, was extinguished the eldest branch of the antient family of the name of Carteret Seigneurs of St.Ouen in ye Island of Jersey. She died March ye 26th A.D.1717 aged 52 years.
Notes
- ^ "Anne Dowse - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage". www.myheritage.com.
- ^ "Westminster Abbey » Carteret family". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Per inscription on her monument formerly in Westminster Abbey
- ^ Per inscription on her brother's monument in Westminster Abbey ("To the memory of their most beloved son Edward de Carteret Gentleman, Sr Edward Carteret (Knight, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and First Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter in Ordinary to the King) his father and Dame Elizabeth his mother, have caused this monument to be erected. His body lieth under the stone beneath. He dyed the thirtieth day of October MDCLXXVII [1677] aged seaven yeares and nine months".)
- ^ Elizabeth Johnson per https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/carteret-family/
- ^ a b Decarteret staff 2007.
References
- Decarteret staff (26 March 2007) [1996], Sir Phillip De Carteret S, St Ouen,5e.Sark, 1627, Decarteret.org.uk, archived from the original on 5 February 2012, retrieved 1 October 2006[unreliable source]
- Short History of Sark, Sark Government, archived from the original on 22 June 2006, retrieved 1 September 2006