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 GRANVILLE. 83 26, see that dignity), became in her widowhood, by the death s.p. (17 May 1711), of her nephew, the 3d Earl of Ii.ith, one of the three coheirs(") to the estates of the Granville family, and was, 1 Jan. 1714/5, cr. VISCOUNTESS CARTERET and COUNTESS GRANVILLE, with rem. to the heirs male of her body, failing which, as to the Viseuuntoy (alone), with a spec. rem. to her husband's br., Edward Carteret. She d. IS and was bur 27 Uet 1741, in Westm. Abbey, aged 77. Admen, 2 Nov. 1744. Hi 1744. 2. Joun (Carteret), Earl Granville, Viscount Cari erkt, and Baron Carteret ok Hawnes, 1st surv. s. and h., b. 22 April and bap. 4 May 1690, at St. - James, Westm. ; sue. (as Baron Carteret), to his father tpteragt 22 Sep. 1695 ; ed. at Westm. school ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), IS Jan. 1705/6, being cr. D.C.L., 20 Aprill706. He took his seat 25 May 1 711, and was a great supporter of the Protestant succession ; Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1 714-21 ; Lord Lieut, of Devon, 171G-21 ; Ambassador to Sweden, 1719-20; P.O., 1721 ; Sec. of State for the South, 1721-24 ; one of the Lords Justices [Regents] of the Realm, during the King's absence therefrom, June to Dee. 1723, as also in 1725 and 1727, and (in the next reign), April to Nov. 1743, March to Nov. 1752, anl April to Sep. 1755. Ch. Gov. of Ireland^) as Lord Lieut, 1724-30, declining subsequently any office underthe Prime Minister Walpole, and even, 1741, moving his expulsion from office. Under the Wilmington ministry, 1742-44, he was (Sep. 1742), Envoy to the Hague, and was again (after an interval of 20 years), Sec. of State, as also (for the 3d time), under the " short lived " ministry, in Feb. 1740, having, in tbe interval, by his mother's death in 1741, become Earl Granville. He, the" opposed to the Pelham ministry, was in favour with the Ring, and was el. K.G., 22 June 1749, and inst., 12 July 1750 ; Lord President of the Council from 1751, till his death in 1763 ; D.C.L., of Oxford (by diploma), 12 July 1756.( c ) He m. firstly, 17 Oct. 1710, at Longleat, Wilts, Frances, da. of Sir Robert VVoHSLKT, 1th Bart., by Frances, da. of Thomas (Thynne), 1st VISCOUNT Weymouth. She, who was b. 6 March 1693/4, d. at Hanover, aged 49, on 20 June [sic], and was bur. 23 Dec. 1743 (as "Lady Carteret") at Westm. Abbey. Admon. 14 May 1713. Hem. secondly, 14 April 1744 (lie. from Vic. Gen.), Sophia, 2d da. of Thomas (Fermoh), 1st Earl ok Pomfret, by Henrietta Louisa, da. and h. of John (Jeffreys). 2d Baron Jeffreys of Wem. She d. s.p.m., 7 and was bur. 19 Oct. 1745, iii her 25th year, at Westm. Abbey. Admon. 22 Oct. 1745. He d. at Bath, in his 73d year. 2 and was bur. 11 Jau 1763, in Westm. Abbey.( d ) Will dat 19 Sep. 1755 to 8 Sep. 1762, pr. 7 Jan. 1763. IIL 1763, 3. Kobert (Carteret), Earl Granville [1715], to Viscount Carteret [1715] and Baron Carteret of Hawnes [1681] 1770. also a Baronet [1645], only surv. s. and h., by first wife, b. 21 Sep. 1721 ; matric. at Oxford (St. John's Coll.), 4 July 1738 ; cr. M.A., 26 March 1742/3; styled Lord Carteret, 1744-63; M.P. for Varmouth, 1744-47 : sue. to the peerage, 1763. He is said to have m. a Frenchwoman. If so, she was (probably) dead before Dec. 1771. He d. s.p., 13 Feb. 1776, aged 54, when all his honour became extinct. Will dat. 13 Dee. 1771, to 3 Sep. 1772, pr. 19 Feb. 1776. (») See vol. i, p. 266, note "d," sub " Bath." ( b ) According to Swift, he "had a genteeler manner of binding the chains of the kingdom [I.] than most of his predecessors." The excitement of " the Drapier letters " occurred during his administration and he procured the revocation of the patent for coming, which had caused them. Swift published a vindication of Lord Carteret, in 1730, and speaks of him as " a most comely and graceful person." ( c ) This is said to be not unprecedented tho' 50 years ago (when Lord Carteret), he had previously been so created. The explanation given is that degrees by diploma may be either honorary or real. ( d ) According to Lord Chesterfield, he " had great parts and a most uncommon share of learning for a man of quality" and "was one of the best speakers in the ■ House of Lords, both in the declamatory and the argumentative way," but his contempt of public opinion and his advocacy of the Hanoverian policy prevented him from being popular. See Stephen's " Nat. Biogr." Q 2