Lord Essex held several important offices, among them those of Keeper of Hyde Park, Ambassador to Sardinia in 1735, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Ranger of St. James's Park, and Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. In 1725 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle, and in 1738 a Knight of the Garter. [Illustration] CAREW, GEORGE, EARL OF TOTNESS _Arms._--Or, 3 lioncels passant sa. _Carew._ [PRATEOLUS. _Elenchus Haereticorum._ COLONIAE, 1605.] George Carew (born 29th May 1555, died 22nd March 1629) was the son of George Carew, Dean of Windsor, and educated at Oxford. In 1583 he was Sheriff of Carlow in Ireland, and was Knighted in 1585. Sir George Carew held several important military appointments in Ireland, and became Master of the Ordnance and commander of expeditions to Cadiz and other places, and in 1598 he was Ambassador to France. In 1600 he was President of Munster, and shortly afterwards Vice-Chamberlain to Anne, Queen Consort, and Member of Parliament for Hastings. In 1605 he was created Baron Carew, and he became Master of the Ordnance in England and Governor of Guernsey, and in 1625 he was created Earl of Totness, and afterwards became Treasurer-General to Queen Henrietta Maria. Lord Totness was an excellent antiquary and a friend of Sir Robert Cotton. He collected manuscripts, especially those concerning Ireland, and his collections are now scattered, but are chiefly to be found in the British Museum, at Lambeth, in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, at Hatfield, or in the State Paper Office. [Illustration] CARTERET, GEORGE, BARON CARTERET _Arms._--Gu., four fusils in fess arg., with the Ulster hand gu., in an escutcheon arg., in the dexter chief. _Carteret._ _Crest._--On a mount vert, a squirrel sejant, cracking a nut ppr. _Helmet._--That of a Peer, but wrongly shown, as it should be in three-quarters position. _Supporters._--Two winged stags. _Motto._--LOYAL DEVOIR. [CHURCHILL. _Divi Britannici._ London, 1675.] George Carteret (born 1669, died 1695) was the grandson of Sir George Carteret, Governor of Jersey, who had been created a Baronet by Charles I. in 1645. In 1681 Sir George was created Baron Carteret of Hawnes, and married Grace, daughter of John Granville, Earl of Bath, in 1674. In 1714 she was created Countess Granville, and at her death her son John succeeded to the Earldom. [Illustration] CARTERET, JOHN, SECOND BARON CARTERET--AFTERWARDS SECOND EARL GRANVILLE. _Arms._--Gu., four fusils in fess arg. _Carteret._ _Crest._--On a mount vert, a squirrel sejant, cracking a nut ppr. _Coronet._--That of a Baron. _Supporters._--Two winged stags. _Motto._--LOYAL DEVOIR. [THUCYDIDES. _De Bello Peloponnesiaco._ Oxonii, 1696.] [Sir William Worsley, Bart., Hovingham Hall, York.]