Philip Carteret (courtier)
British courtier
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Sir Philip Carteret, FRS (1641 – 26 May 1672), was a courtier from the De Carteret family of Jersey. He was killed in the battle of Solebay.
Sir Philip Carteret | |
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_(duché_de_Normandie).svg) Arms of Carteret: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, gules, four fusils in fess argent; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three claricords or. | |
| Born | 1641 Metesches, Jersey, Channel Island |
| Died | 1672 (aged 30–31) Solebay, England |
| Spouse |
Jemima Montagu
(m. 1665; died 1671) |
| Children | 4, including George and Edward |
| Father | George Carteret |
| Relatives | Philippe de Carteret II (grandfather) |
Biography
He was the eldest son of Sir George Carteret and his wife and cousin, Elizabeth de Cartetet.[1]
Philip was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 15 February 1665.[2]
He married Lady Jemima Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crewe, in an arranged marriage on 31 July 1665. Samuel Pepys had a hand in the marriage and wrote of it at some length in his diary. Jemima and Samuel were grandchildren of John Pepys of Cottenham and Elizabeth Bendish.[3]
Lady Jemima had only known of Philip some 14 days before their marriage: Pepys did ask her if she could like Philip as a husband, and was relieved when she answered that she thought she could like him very well. Samuel noted that Jemima failed to arrive in time for the ceremony at the church.[4] The couple settled on the family estate at Haynes, Bedfordshire.[5] The marriage is thought to have been reasonably happy. Jemima died in childbirth in 1671.
Philip was father of four children, including George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret.[1]
Knighted at Whitehall in 1667[6], he became Gentleman of the King's Chamber in 1670.
Philip died along with his father-in-law, the Earl of Sandwich, when their ship, the Prince Royal, was grappled by a Dutch fire ship in the Battle of Solebay.[1]