| Authorised form of name | Carteret; Sir; Philippe (1642 - 1672); naval officer |
| Other forms of name | Philip |
| Dates | 1642 - 1672 |
| Date of birth | 1642 |
| Place of death | Solebay, off Southwold, Suffolk, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 28 May 1672 |
| Activity | Career:
Governor of Mount Orgeuil Castle, Jersey (1651); Captain in the Earl of Manchester's Regiment of Foot (1667); died when the Earl of Sandwich's ship, the Royal James, was surprised by the Dutch and set on fire during the Battle of Solebay
Honours:
Kt 1667
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/02/1665 |
| Proposer | Timothy Clarke |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1667-1668 |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir George Carteret and Elizabeth de Carteret
Married: Jemima Montagu
Additional relatives: father-in-law Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (FRS 1663); brother-in-law Sir Nicholas Slanning (FRS 1664) |
| OtherInfo | Carteret was friends with Samuel Pepys (FRS 1665), who claimed Carteret's collections of clocks was the greatest in England. He served aboard HMS Royal James during the Third Anglo-Dutch War and died alongside his father-in-law in the first naval battle, the Battle of Solebay. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (father's entry); Burke EDB; Hunter; Dalton
Authority:
Source of date of birth: "All for the King", G R Balleire or Balleine, 1976. Hunter has 1642, other sources have more exactly 24 October 1642 or 1641. |
| Code | NA8086 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/5/149 | Letter, 'Of a camelopardis found about the Cape of Good Hope' from Philip Carteret to Matthew Maty | 20 April 1769 |
| L&P/5/146 | Letter, 'Of the Patagonians; written on board the the Swallow at Fort Famine' from Philip Carteret | 14 January 1767 |
| IM/005630 | Carteret, Sir Philippe | nd |