Background
CARTWRIGHT, Chauncy was born on September 25, 1853. Son of Aubrey Cartwright of Edgcote, Northamptonshire, and Mary, daughter of 1st Baron Cottesloe.
CARTWRIGHT, Chauncy was born on September 25, 1853. Son of Aubrey Cartwright of Edgcote, Northamptonshire, and Mary, daughter of 1st Baron Cottesloe.
Studied at Eton College. Bailiol College Oxford.
Entered Foreign Office, 1875. 3rd Secretarv, Constantinople, 1878. Secretary to Sir H. D. Wolff, 187S.
To Lord E. Fitzrnaurice, 1880. Secretary to Eastern Roumelian Commission, 1880. 2nd Secretarv, Egypt, 1882-1884.
Secretary to Sir H. D. WolfTs Special Mission to Constantinople, 1885-1887. 2nd Secretary, Teheran, 1888-1889. Sent to Venezuela, 1893.
Secretary to Anglo-American Joint High Commission, 1898-1899. Assistant Clerk, Foreign Office, 1896-1900. Decorated for services in Egypt, 1882. Appointed a Senior Clerk and Chief Clerk of the Financial Depart, of the Foreign Office, 1900.
Clubs: Travellers’, St. James’, National.
Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, cartulary-register 1910. Sir.