John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

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British politician colonial landowner human peer of Great Britain statesman

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, was an 18th-century British statesman and colonial landowner who played a significant role in the administration of British North America.

Aliases (2)

2nd Earl Granville ×1
Earl Granville ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → colonial landowner → human → peer of Great Britain → statesman →
areaOfInfluence	British North America →
birthDate	1690-04-22 →
birthPlace	Hawnes, Bedfordshire, England →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
child	Lady Georgiana Caroline Carteret → Lady Louisa Carteret → Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1763-01-02 →
deathPlace	London, England →
education	Christ Church, Oxford → Westminster School NERFINISHED →
father	George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret →
fullName	John Carteret →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
knownFor	administration of British North American colonies → leading British foreign policy during the War of the Austrian Succession → ownership of the Granville District in North Carolina →
landOwnership	Granville District, North Carolina →
languageSpoken	English → French → German →
memberOf	House of Lords → Privy Council of Great Britain →
monarchServed	George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED → George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED →
mother	Lady Grace Granville →
nobleTitle	2nd Baron Carteret → 2nd Earl Granville → Viscount Carteret →
notableEvent	involved in negotiations of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) → supported the Hanoverian succession →
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented	Hedon → Weobley →
politicalAlignment	Whig →
positionHeld	Lord Lieutenant of Devon → Lord Lieutenant of Ireland → Lord President of the Council → Member of Parliament of Great Britain → Secretary of State for the Northern Department →
spouse	Frances Worsley → Sophia Fermor →
titleCreatedFrom	Baron Carteret → Earl Granville →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Granville County, North Carolina →	namedAfter
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville ("2nd Earl Granville") →	nobleTitle
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville ("Earl Granville") →	titleCreatedFrom