CAR'TERET, Sir ( ?-1680). An English Royalist, Governor of the 'Island of Jer sey and one of the original Lord Proprietors of the Province of New Jersey in America. He early went to sea and by 1633 had risen to the rank of captain in the English Navy. In 1639 he became Comptroller of the Navy, and in 1643, having pre viously, on the outbreak of the Revolution, es poused the Royalist side, be succeeded his uncle as bailiff of the island of Jersey, and was also appointed Lieutenant-Governor. He soon ex pelled the Parliamentary forces from the island, and was created a knight and baronet in 1646; but was forced to surrender to the Commonwealth forces in 1651. and for several years thereafter served in the French Navy under Re turning to England at the time of the Restora tion, he became a member of the Privy Conned and Treasurer of the Navy, which latter position he held from 1661 to 1667, when he became Deputy Treasurer of Ireland. lle took an active interest in the colonization of America, and in 1650 was granted "a certain island and adjacent islets in America in perpetual inheritance, to be called New Jersey," though no settlement was made at that time. In 1663 he was one of the
original proprietors of Carolina, and in the fol lowing year the Duke of York granted to him and to John. Lord Berkeley, the territory now in cluded in the State of New Jersey, the name :Vora Owsurru. or New Jersey, heing given to the prov ince in honor of Carteret's administration of Jer sey. The proprietors reveived full governmental powers and were to pay an annual rental of one pepper-corn, if legally demanded. After the sur render of the province by the Dutch in 1674. a re orant was made. this time with governmental res ervations and limitations. On the division of New Jersey in 1676, Carteret became sole pro prietor of East der•tT, Ivhiell province he left by his will to his widow and to several designated trustees, by whom in 1682, in consideration of £3400, it was transferred to twelve purchasers, who combined with twelve others to form the "Twenty-Four Proprietors of East New Jersey."