Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret

Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1735–1826), detail from his mural monument in Kilkhampton Church, Cornwall
Senior Privy Counsellor
In office
1820–1826
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
In office
1771–1789
Master of the Household
In office
1768–1771
Member of Parliament for Weobley
In office
1761–1770
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire
In office
1756–1761
Personal details
Born1735 (1735)
Died1826 (aged 90–91)
SpouseEleanor Smart
Parents
RelativesThomas Thynne (brother)
John Carteret (grandfather)
EducationSt John's College, Cambridge
Quartered arms of Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1735–1826): 1st & 4th grand quarters: 1st & 4th Gules, four fusils conjoined in fess argent (Carteret); 2nd & 3rd: Gules, three clarions or (Granville); 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: 1st & 4th: Barry of ten or and sable (Botteville); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, a lion rampant with tail nowed and erect gules (Thynne)
Mural monument in Kilkhampton Church, Cornwall, to Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1735–1826), inscribed: "Henry Frederick Thynne. Born November 1735. Privy Counsellor, Bailiff of Jersey, Baron Carteret of Hawnes. Died June 1826". An identical monument survives in Haynes Church[1]

Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC (1735–1826), of Haynes, Bedfordshire (known until 1776 as the Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne), was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (1757–1761), for Weobley in Herefordshire (1761–1770) and was Master of the Household to King George III 1768–1771. He was hereditary Bailiff of Jersey 1776–1826.

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