Carteret, Philip

English navigator who discovered the Pitcairn Islands 1767 during a round-the-world expedition 1766–69. He retired 1794 with the rank of rear admiral.

Carteret, Philip (1639–1682)

First American governor of New Jersey who arrived in America in 1665. He was born on Jersey, in the Channel Islands. He summoned the first New Jersey legislature in 1668. Following a challenge to his government by Sir Edmund Andros in 1680, he was re-instated as governor, but he relinquished his office and died soon afterwards.