Background
Landon Carter was the son of Robert "King" Carter, a Virginia-born merchant planter and uncle of Robert Carter III.
Landon Carter was the son of Robert "King" Carter, a Virginia-born merchant planter and uncle of Robert Carter III.
In 1719, at the age of nine, Carter was sent to England to be schooled under the early linguist, Solomon Lowe. He returned to Virginia in 1727.