About Edward Carteret
Lived 1671 – 1739 (aged 67–68). Edward Carteret was a politician.
Edward Carteret (1671 – 15 April 1739) was an English politician and served as Postmaster General from 1721 until his death.
Life Edward Carteret was the third son of Philip Carteret FRS of Hawnes and younger brother of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret. He was educated at Brentwood School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Carteret was returned as Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1698 and for Bedford in 1702.
In 1699, he had married Bridget Exton, the daughter of Sir Thomas Exton, M.P., Dean of the Arches court of Canterbury and judge of the Admiralty. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Carteret died from the stone, suddenly on 15 April 1739.
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