Background
Carteret was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland.
Carteret was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland.
He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.<.
In 1804 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household, a post he held until 1812. In 1797 Lord Carteret married the Honorary
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Carteret was elected Member of Parliament for Weobly in 1790, a seat he held until 1812, and served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1801 to 1804.