CARTE, THOMAS English historian, was born at Dusmoon, near Clifton. He was secretary to Atterbury, and spent some time in exile after Atterbury's disgrace. His General History of England (4 vols. 1750, 1752 and 1755) has some value as a storehouse of facts. He also published A Life of James, duke of Ormond, containing a collection of letters, etc. (3 vols. new ed., in 6 vols., Oxford, 1851), and a History of the Revolutions of Portugal, with letters of Sir R. Southwell during his embassy there (London, 1740). His papers became the property of the university of Oxford, and were deposited in the Bodleian library.