Background
CARTER, Gilbert Thomas was born on January 14, 1848. Son of Commander Thomas G. Carter, Royal Navy.
CARTER, Gilbert Thomas was born on January 14, 1848. Son of Commander Thomas G. Carter, Royal Navy.
Studied at Royal Naval School, Greenwich. Private tutors. Royal Navy, 1864-1875.
Private Secretary to Governor Leeward Islands, 1875-1879. Treasurer and Collector of Customs, Gold Coast, 1879-1882. Transferred to Gambia in same capacity, 1882-1888.
Administrator, 18S8-91.
Governor and Commanderin-Chief, Lagos, 1891-1896. Bahama Islands, 1897- 1904.
Barbados, 1904. Transferred temporarily to Trinidad, 1907.
Cartulary-register 1893.
Fellow of the Zoological Society. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Club: Grosvenor.