CARTERET, GEORGE, BARON CARTERET
Arms.—Gu., four fusils in fess arg., with the Ulster hand gu., in an escutcheon arg., in the dexter chief. Carteret.
Crest.—On a mount vert, a squirrel sejant, cracking a nut ppr.
Helmet.—That of a Peer, but wrongly shown, as it should be in three-quarters position.
Supporters.—Two winged stags.
Motto.—Loyal devoir.
[Churchill. Divi Britannici. London, 1675.]
George Carteret (born 1669, died 1695) was the grandson of Sir George Carteret, Governor of Jersey, who had been created a Baronet by Charles I. in 1645. In 1681 Sir George was created Baron Carteret of Hawnes, and married Grace, daughter of John Granville, Earl of Bath, in 1674. In 1714 she was created Countess Granville, and at her death her son John succeeded to the Earldom.
