Cecil de Carteret

George Frederick Cecil de Carteret (1886[1] – 3 January 1932)[2] was an Anglican cleric, and the long-serving 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 unanimous election[6] to be its diocesan bishop three years later. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1913 by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury,[7] at Southwark Cathedral.[8]

He resigned the See of Jamaica effective 21 March 1931 and returned to England,[6] where his appointment as an Assistant Bishop of Leicester was announced for 1 January 1932;[9] but he was very ill,[10] and (having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD))[11] he died in convalescence in Canterbury on 3 January,[12] not having been able to take up the Leicester appointment.

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. "Jamaica. Bishop de Carteret's Farewell". Church Times (#3560). 17 April 1931. p. 474. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 4 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
  8. "Consecration of a bishop". Church Times (#2648). 24 October 1913. p. 548. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "Church News. Personal". Church Times (#3575). 31 July 1931. p. 134. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. "Church News. Invalids". Church Times (#3595). 18 December 1931. p. 718. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. "DE Carteret family history". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  12. "Clerical obituary". Church Times (#3598). 8 January 1932. p. 33. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Enos Nuttall		 Bishop of Jamaica
1916–1931		 Succeeded by
William Hardie
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