GRANVILLE, JOHN CARTERET, 1ST EARL

1690–1763, English statesman, better known as Lord Carteret. He served as ambassador to Sweden (1719–20) and as a secretary of state (1721–24), but his favor with George I posed a threat to Robert Walpole, who finally forced his resignation and sent (1724) him to Ireland as lord lieutenant. There he dealt skillfully with the agitation against the new English currency patent, which Jonathan Swift attacked in his Drapier Letters. The patent was withdrawn in 1725, and Carteret became quite popular. Returning to England in 1730, he led the opposition that in 1742 finally accomplished Walpole's downfall. He was the chief minister in the new cabinet but soon became unpopular because he supported George II's Hanoverian policies and aided Maria Theresa in the War of the Austrian Succession. He was dismissed in 1744 and, although he served (1751–63) as lord president of the council, he never regained much influence.

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The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - Vol. 2
Book by Basil Williams; Longmans Green, 1913
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--18th Century, Pitt, William--Earl Of Chatham--1708-1778
...corresponds very closely with that given in The Present State of the Nation , published in 1768, as well as with that of Sir John Sinclair, who wrote in 1803. 2 See vol. i, p. 169. 3 History , Book III, chap. xii. Reckoning the population...
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The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Book by Bonamy Morse Dobrée, Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield; Eyre & Spottiswoode; Viking Press, 1932
Subjects: Authors, English--18th Century, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope--Earl Of--1694-1773--Correspondence, Statesmen--Great Britain
...the war. 2 William and Edward the black funereal Finches, suspected by Chesterfield of intriguing for Granville late Carteret in the closet. They were Vice-Chamberlain and of the Bed-chamber. plagued with little business as you can be...
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The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Book by William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle; Russell & Russell, 1968
Subjects: Disraeli, Benjamin--Earl Of Beaconsfield--1804-1881, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901
...Croker and Francis Cohen; and, above all, John Murray, his publisher. Murray, indeed...Present Tom Moore, Stuart Newton, John Murray, Walter Hamilton, my father and...serious type it was to his recollections of John Murrays dinner parties that he turned...
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William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the Growth and Division of the British Empire, 1708-1778
Book by Walford Davis Green; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1901
Subjects: Pitt, William--Earl Of Chatham--1708-1778
...the King. George II., so far from wishing to make further concessions to the Pelhams, desired to restore Carteret, now Earl Granville, and Bath, and in February, 1746, he opened communications with them. Was a King, he asked, to be forced...
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John Wilkes: A Friend to Liberty
Book by Peter D. G. Thomas; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1789, Liberty, Politicians--Great Britain--Biography, Radicalism--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Wilkes, John--1727-1797
...subject with Clives friend, MP John Walsh. 63 After this interview...see Treasury Solicitor Philip Carteret Webb the next morning, and...including Lord Temple, printer John Almon, wine-merchant Humphrey...solicitor Alexander Philipps, MP John Walsh, and Richard Hopkins...
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Correspondence of John Bowle
Journal article; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Bowle, John--Archivos y correspondencia, Bowle, John--Conducta de vida, Bowle, John--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., Crytica--Siglo XVIII, Editores, El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Redacciyn, Intelectuales
...series mentioned in the previous note. (7) John Carteret, 1st Earl Granville (1690-1763), was the sponsor of the luxurious...original, "vni." WORKS CITED Baretti, John. Tolondron. Speeches to John Bowle about his Edition of Don Quixote, together...
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Swift's 6 August 1735 Letter to Mary Pendarves Delany: "All Other Days I Eat My Chicken Alone like a King."
Journal article by Richard C. Frushell; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 74, 1995
Subjects: English literature, 1700-1775 (Early 18th century)--History, Swift, Jonathan--Records and correspondence
...belonged to Mary Granville -- afterwards...the Memory of John Snell Esq.e...3 stanzas: 1st and 2nd four...sister was Anne Granville Dewes (1707...mother (husband, John Dewes, c.1695-1780...Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, 1st series in three...


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encyclopedia articles on: Granville John Carteret 1st Earl  - 4 results

 
 
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Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GRANVILLE, JOHN CARTERET, 1ST EARL 1690 1763, English statesman, better known as Lord Carteret. He served as ambassador to Sweden...The patent was withdrawn in 1725, and Carteret became quite popular. Returning to...
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Walpole, Robert, 1st Earl of Orford
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...chancellor of the exchequer. He shared power with John Carteret (later 1st Earl Granville ) until 1724 and with Townshend, whom he left in...was forced to resign in 1742. Walpole was created earl of Orford and remained politically powerful until...
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Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT, 1ST EARL OF chat m, 1708...leading critic of Lord Carteret (later earl of Granville ) in his conduct of...prosecution (1763) of John Wilkes and the imposition...accepted the title earl of Chatham, and formed...
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Carteret, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CARTERET, JOHN see Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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