George de Carteret

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George Frederick Cecil de Carteret (1886[1] – 3 January 1932)[2] was a long-serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1916 until 1931.

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford[3] and ordained in 1889.[4] His first posts were curacies at Canterbury, Tulse Hill, and Cheltenham. Later he held incumbencies at St Paul’s, Southwark and Christ Church, East Greenwich.[5] In 1913 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before promotion to be its Diocesan three years later. Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in Canterbury.[6]

References

  1. Roots web
  2. Obituary Bishop De Carteret The Times Tuesday, Jan 05, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46022; col D
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. Ordinations. Canterbury The Times Tuesday, Dec 24, 1889; pg. 6; Issue 32890; col A
  5. ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  6. DE Carteret family history
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Jamaica
1916–1931
Succeeded by
William Hardie

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