Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

CARTER, JOHN (_2 son of Thomas Carter of Castle Martin, co. Kildare_). Entered navy 14 Jany. 1798; captain 7 Dec. 1815; superintendent of royal hospital at Haslar 2 Dec. 1841 to Dec. 1846; R.A. 8 April 1851; admiral on h.p. 4 Oct. 1862. _d._ 12 Devonport st., Portsmouth 2 April 1863. CARTER, JOHN (_2 son of Wm. Carter of Southwark, London_). _b._ Southwark 8 March 1804; Cadet H.E.I. Co.’s service; chronometer maker at 207 Tooley st. London 1827 and at 61 Cornhill 1840 to death; his chronometers obtained prizes and pecuniary rewards from government; a common councilman of London, alderman of Cornhill ward 1851 to death, sheriff 1852–53, lord mayor 1859–60; colonel London rifle brigade; F.R.A.S. 1830; F.S.A. 3 March 1853; juror in section of mechanics at Imperial exhibition Paris 1855. _d._ Stamford hill, London 8 May 1878. _Illust. news of the world iv_, 289, 308 (1859), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxxv_, 437, 463, 472, 490 (1859), _portrait_. CARTER, OWEN BROWNE. Architect at Winchester; lived at Cairo, Egypt about 1830 where he executed many drawings, a selection of which was published in a folio vol. entitled _Illustrations of Cairo_ 1840; author of _Picturesque memorials of Winchester_ 1830, _Some account of the church of St. John the Baptist at Bishopstone_ 1845, and of articles in _Weale’s Quarterly Papers on Architecture_. _d._ Salisbury 30 March 1859 aged 53. CARTER, ROBERT MEEK (_eld. son of John Carter of Bridlington, Yorkshire_). _b._ Skeffling, Holderness 1814; a coal merchant and cloth finisher at Leeds; alderman of Leeds; M.P. for Leeds 17 Nov. 1868 to Aug. 1876. _d._ The Grange, Burley near Leeds 9 Aug. 1882. CARTER, SAMUEL (_son of Samuel Carter of Coventry_). _b._ Coventry 15 May 1805; solicitor in partnership with his uncle Josiah Conder at Birmingham 1827 to 16 Aug. 1839 when Conder died; solicitor to London and Birmingham railway co. (afterwards London and North Western) 1831–60; solicitor to Birmingham and Derby railway co. (afterwards the Midland) 1835–68; had control of 40 bills promoted by the two companies in one parliamentary session; practised in London 1850–68; M.P. for Coventry 26 March to 11 Nov. 1868, contested Coventry Nov. 1868 and Feb. 1874. _d._ 3 Clifton place, Hyde park, London 31 Jany. 1878. _bur._ Kenilworth parish churchyard. _Solicitors’ Journal xxii_, 302 (1878). CARTER, THOMAS. Clerk at the Horse Guards, Whitehall, London April 1839, first class clerk in Adjutant general’s office to death; author of _Curiosities of war and military studies_ 1860, _2 ed._ 1871; _Medals of the British army and how they were won_ 1860–61; _Historical record of the Forty-fourth foot_ 1864; edited _Historical record of the Thirteenth regiment of light infantry_ 1867; _Historical record of the Twenty-sixth regiment_ 1867; a constant contributor to Notes and Queries. _d._ 11 Lorrimore sq. Walworth, London 9 Aug. 1867. CARTER, REV. THOMAS. _b._ 1774; ed. at Eton and King’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1798, M.A. 1802; fellow of Eton 14 April 1829; V. of Burnham, Bucks. 1833 to death; vice provost of Eton 1857 to death. _d._ Burnham vicarage 8 Oct. 1868. CARTER, THOMAS WREN. _b._ Nov. 1789; entered navy 29 March 1800, captain 25 April 1831; captain of Britannia 120 guns 9 Aug. 1852 to 13 March 1855; R.A. 31 Jany. 1856, retired admiral 20 Nov. 1876; C.B. 5 July 1855. _d._ Ryde, Isle of Wight 1 Feb. 1874. CARTHEW, GEORGE ALFRED (_only son of George Carthew of Harleston, Norfolk, solicitor_). _b._ 20 June 1807; solicitor at Framlingham, Suffolk, and at Harleston 1830–9, at East Dereham 1839 to death; F.S.A. 2 Feb. 1854; author of _The hundred of Launditch and deanery of Brisley in the county of Norfolk_, _3 parts_ 1877–9; _A history of the parishes of West and East Bradenham_ 1883; _The origin of family or surnames_ 1883, and of many papers in antiquarian periodicals; found _dead_ in his chair at Millfield, East Dereham 21 Oct. 1882. _Athenæum 4 Nov. 1882 p. 598._ CARTHEW, JAMES. _b._ Liskeard, Cornwall Jany. 1770; entered navy 8 Dec. 1780, captain 11 July 1801; admiral 14 Jany. 1850; placed on half pay 1853; pensioned 21 Jany. 1854. _d._ Tredudwell near Fowey 28 Nov. 1855. CARTIER, SIR GEORGE ETIENNE, 1 Baronet (_youngest son of Jacques Cartier 1774–1841, lieut. col. Canadian militia_). _b._ St. Antoine, Lower Canada 6 Sep. 1814; called to bar in L.C. Nov. 1835; Q.C. 1854; provincial sec. of L.C. 25 Jany. 1856; attorney general of L.C. 1856–8, 1858–62, and 1864 to 1 July 1867; premier of Canadian government 6 Aug. 1858 to May 1862; C.B. 29 June 1867; member of Canadian privy council July 1867; minister of militia and defence 1867–73; created baronet 24 Aug. 1868. _d._ 47 Welbeck st. Cavendish sq. London 21 May 1873. _H. J. Morgan’s Eminent Canadians_ (1862) 603–8; _I.L.N. xlv_, 496 (1864), _portrait_. CARTLITCH, JOHN. _b._ in or near Manchester 1793; chief tragedian of Richardson’s theatre at all the great fairs in England; the original Mazeppa at Astley’s Amphitheatre Easter 1831, played the part more than 1500 times; landlord of King of Prussia public house Fair st. Horsleydown, London 1836, of Spread Eagle 137 Whitecross st. 1837–8; played at Franklin theatre, New York 1839; made his début in Philadelphia, at Museum Masonic hall 10 July 1849 as Rivers in _His last legs_; last appeared on the stage at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 25 June 1860; kept a café in Fourth st. Philadelphia. _d._ Philadelphia 12 Dec. 1875. _The Era 9 Jany. 1876 p. 5, col. 4._ NOTE.—John Richardson the famous showman who died 14 Nov. 1836 aged 70, left him a legacy of £1000 because he was “such a bould speaker and might be heard from one end of the fear to the other when the trumpets were going.” CARTMELL, REV. JAMES. _b._ 1810. Educ. at Em. coll. Cam.; 7 wrangler 1833, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1846, D.D. 1849; fellow of Christ’s coll. 1836, master 13 Feb. 1849 to death; vice chancellor of Univ. of Cam. 1849, 1865, and 1866; a member of council of the senate to Nov. 1880; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 7 Feb. 1851 to death. _d._ The lodge, Christ’s college, Cambridge 23 Jany. 1881. CARTTAR, CHARLES JOSEPH (_son of Joseph Carttar of Greenwich, solicitor_). Solicitor at Greenwich 1830 to death; coroner for West Kent 1832 to death; conducted 14 Nov. 1878 inquest upon the 640 bodies found after sinking of the Princess Alice in the Thames 3 Sep. 1878; managed several elections at Greenwich for Conservative party. _d._ Catherine house, Blackheath road, Greenwich 19 March 1880 aged 71. CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND. Entered Bengal army 1795; brigadier in command at Delhi 1826–34, and at Agra 1834; colonel 10 Bengal N.I. 5 June 1829; col. 57 Bengal N.I. 1834 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ Piccadilly, London 31 March 1853. CARTWRIGHT, FAIRFAX WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Cartwright 1797–1873_). _b._ London 14 May 1823; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1844; fellow of All Souls’ college; served in Austrian army; major 2 hussars British German legion 7 Nov. 1855; M.P. for South Northamptonshire 25 Nov. 1868 to death. _d._ 7 New Burlington street, London 2 Feb. 1881. CARTWRIGHT, FRANCES DOROTHY (_youngest child of rev. Edmund Cartwright 1743–1823 inventor of the power loom_). _b._ Goadby Marwood, Leics. 28 Oct. 1780; author of _The life and correspondence of Major Cartwright 2 vols._ 1826; _Poems, chiefly devotional, privately printed_ 1835; her translations of the Spanish poet Nunez Riego’s poems appeared with her initials in his _Obras postumas poeticas_ 1844. _d._ Brighton 12 Jany 1863. CARTWRIGHT, SAMUEL. _b._ Northampton 1789; an ivory turner; mechanical assistant to Charles Dumergue of Piccadilly, London, dentist; a dentist at 32 Old Burlington st. London 1811–57; at the head of his profession, made more than £10,000 a year for some years; dentist in ordinary to George IV.; the first pres. of Odontological Soc. 1856–7; F.R.G.S. 1830, F.L.S. 19 Nov. 1833, F.R.S. 11 Feb. 1841. _d._ Nizell’s house near Tunbridge 10 June