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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, ... South Carolina and its garrison. During ...
Quartered arms of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, KG. John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC (/ k ɑːr t ə ˈ r ɛ t /; 22 April 1690 – 2 January 1763), commonly known by his earlier title Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763 and worked closely with the Prime Minister of the country, Spencer Compton, Earl of ...
Granville County and St. John's Parish were established on June 28, 1746, from the upper part of Edgecombe County. [3] It was named for the John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, [4] who as heir to one of the eight original Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, claimed one eighth of the land granted in the charter of 1665.
North America portal ... Pages in category "Lords Proprietors of Carolina" ... John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville; S. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ...
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), ... The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint, 1985.
North Carolina Militia and State Troops Command Governor of North Carolina: 1778 1783 MG John Ashe, Sr. [7] [8] Edenton District Brigade: North Carolina Militia Command 1776 1783 BG Edward Vail [9] [10] 1st Regiment of North Carolina militia: Edenton District Brigade 1780 1780 Col Samuel Jarvis [11] 2nd Regiment of North Carolina militia ...
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville refused to sell, and in 1744 he received rights to the vast Granville Tract, constituting the northern half of North Carolina. Bath , the oldest town in North Carolina, was the first nominal capital from 1705 until 1722, when Edenton took over the role, but the colony had no permanent institutions of government ...
18th Earl of Sutherland and Lord Strathnaver: Granville Leveson-Gower 1721–1803 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower, Viscount Trentham, 3rd Baron Gower: Duke of Sutherland, 1833: Viscount Granville, of Stone Park in the County of Stafford, 1815 Earl Granville (2nd creation) and Baron Leveson of Stone Park in the County of Stafford, 1833