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John Berkeley was accredited ambassador from Charles I of England to Christina of Sweden, in January 1637, to propose a joint effort by the two sovereigns for the reinstatement of the elector palatine in his dominions; probably the employment of Berkeley in this by his cousin, Sir Thomas Roe, who had conducted negotiations between Gustavus Adolphus and the king of Poland.
Arms of Carteret: Gules, four fusils in fess argent. Vice-Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 – 14 January 1680 N.S.) was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. He was also one of the original lords proprietor of the former British colonies of Carolina and New ...
Appointed by Sir George Carteret (his brother) and Lord Berkeley of Stratton to be the first governor of New Jersey [49]: p.63 — John Berry (1635–89/90) 1672: 1673: Carteret left for England in 1672 and left his deputy, Captain Berry, to administer the colony [49]: p.68 Term ended with the Dutch capture of "New York" in 1673
The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Lillian Goldman Law Library (Yale Law School). Retrieved 2010-03-14. This website has links to the following documents: 1664 – The Duke of York's Release to John Ford Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret, June 24
It was issued as a proclamation for the structure of the government for the colony written in 1664 by the two proprietors, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. The document promised religious freedom to all inhabitants of New Jersey, and also declared that the proprietors would be in charge of appointing the provincial governors.
Carteret married Lady Grace Granville, a daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville and 2nd Baron Carteret. Carteret died in 1695, aged only 26; his widow outlived him by half a century and in 1715 was created Countess Granville.
Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to Edward Byllynge and John Fenwick. In 1676, Carteret and Fenwick negotiated a division of the province into two sections: East Jersey which was held by Carteret and West Jersey which was held by Fenwick. Sir George Carteret died in 1680.
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