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

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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]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur of Sark
16. Sir Philip Carteret, 8th Seigneur of St Ouen
8. Edouard de Carteret, 9th Seigneur of Saint Ouen
17. Margaret Harleston
4. Helier de Carteret, 1st Seigneur of Sark
18. Simon Sarre of St. John
9. Marie Sarre
2. Philippe de Carteret I, 2nd Seigneur of Sark
20. Sir Philip Carteret, 8th Seigneur of St Ouen
10. Bailiff Helier de Carteret
21. Margaret Harleston
5. Margaret Dumaresq
11. Margaret Dumaresq
1. Philippe de Carteret II
24. Sir Amias Paulet, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset.
12. Sir Hugh Paulet, Governor of Jersey
25. Lora Kellaway
6. George Paulett
26. Sir Lewis Pollard, Justice of the Common Pleas
13. Philippa Pollard
27. Agnes Hext
3. Rachel Paulett
28. Dominique Perrin
14. Edmund Perrin
29. Catherine Lempriere
7. Elizabeth Perrin
30. Sir John Carew
15. Jane Holland-Carew
31. Thomasine Holland

Notes

  1. ^ Elizabeth Paulet was a great niece of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and a third cousin of Philippe's mother, Rachel Poulet

References

  1. ^ Powell, J. R (1962). The Navy in the English Civil War. Archon Books. p. 28.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Payne, James Bertrand (1865). Armorial of Jersey : being an account, heraldic and antiquarian, of its chief native families, with pedigrees, biographical notices, and illustrative data; to which are added, a brief history of heraldry, and remarks on the mediæval antiquities of the island. pp. 100–110. OCLC 1038122898.
  4. ^ Evans, Helen M. E. "Carteret, Sir Philippe [Philip] de". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4805. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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Legal offices Preceded byJean Herault Bailiff of Jersey 1627-1643 Succeeded byGeorge Carteret Regnal titles Preceded byPhilippe de Carteret I Seigneur of Sark 1594–1643 Succeeded byPhilippe de Carteret III


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