Philippe de Carteret II
Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur of Sark (18 February 1584 – 22 August 1643) was the son of Philippe de Carteret I (1552–1594) and Rachel Paulett (1564–1650), daughter of George Paulett (1534–1621) who was Bailiff of Jersey from 1583 to 1611, and his wife Elizabeth Perrin (1538–1615).
Biography
He matriculated at the University of Oxford at an early age in 1594, the same year he succeeded his father as Seigneur of Sark. He was knighted in 1617, and became Bailiff of Jersey in 1627. He died in 1643, being succeeded in the Seigneurie by his son, Philippe 4th Seigneur of Sark.
English Civil War
Carteret was a stanch Royalist during the English Civil War, especially during the Interregnum. As Lieutenant Governor of the island of Jersey he would ensure the loyalty of the population to Charles II and crack down on parliamentary sentiment from the fortress of Mont Orgueil.[1]
When Charles II came to Jersey Philip Carteret along with his cousin George Carteret were his escorts.[2]
Family
Carteret married Anne Dowse (1587-1664), daughter of Sir Francis Dowse (died 1649) of Nether Wallop, Hampshire and his wife Elizabeth Paulet (died before 1649)[a] They had seven sons and three daughters:[4]
- Philippe de Carteret IV.
- Peyton (died September 1652), drowned with Prince Maurice.
- Zouch.
- Gideon (died 1643).
- Francis (died 1693), Attorney-General of Jersey, married Anne Seale (died c. 1704). Among their descendants were Elias Dumaresq V, Seigneur of Augres, General Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner and Bodleian Librarian Bulkeley Bandinel.
- Thomas de Carteret.
- Sir Edward (died 1699).
- Elizabeth (died 1697), married her cousin, Sir George Carteret.
- Margaret.
- Anne de Carteret (died 1708), married Rev. Daniel Brevint, Dean of Lincoln (1616-1695).
Ancestry
| 8. Edouard de Carteret, 9th Seigneur of Saint Ouen | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Helier de Carteret, 1st Seigneur of Sark | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Marie Sarre | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Philippe de Carteret I, 2nd Seigneur of Sark | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Bailiff Helier de Carteret | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Margaret Dumaresq | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Margaret Dumaresq | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Philippe de Carteret II | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Sir Hugh Paulet, Governor of Jersey | |||||||||||||||
| 6. George Paulett | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Philippa Pollard | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Rachel Paulett | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Edmund Perrin | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Elizabeth Perrin | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Jane Holland-Carew | |||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Elizabeth Paulet was a great niece of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and a third cousin of Philippe's mother, Rachel Poulet
References
- ^ Powell, J. R (1962). The Navy in the English Civil War. Archon Books. p. 28.
- ^ Hoskins, Samuel Elliot (1854). Charles the Second in the Channel Islands: A contribution to his biography and to the history of his age. In 2 Volumes. Rich. Bentley. pp. 310–385.
- OCLC 1038122898.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4805. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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Further reading
- Balleine, George Reginald (1948), Biographical dictionary of Jersey, London & New York: Staples Press, OCLC 4469057— contains an biographical entry for this man
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