George Frederick Cecil de Carteret (1886 [1] – 3 January 1932) [2] was an Anglican cleric, and the long-serving Bishop of Jamaica from 1916 until 1931.
He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford [3] and ordained in 1889. [4] His first posts were curacies at Canterbury, Tulse Hill, and Cheltenham. [5] Later he held incumbencies at St Paul's, Southwark and Christ Church, East Greenwich. [6]
In 1913 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before unanimous election [7] to be its diocesan bishop three years later. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1913 by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, [8] at Southwark Cathedral. [9]
He resigned the See of Jamaica effective 21 March 1931 and returned to England, [7] where his appointment as an Assistant Bishop of Leicester was announced for 1 January 1932; [10] but he was very ill, [11] and (having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)) [12] he died in convalescence in Canterbury on 3 January, [13] not having been able to take up the Leicester appointment.
George Frederick Cecil de Carteret (1886 [1] – 3 January 1932) [2] was an Anglican cleric, and the long-serving Bishop of Jamaica from 1916 until 1931.
He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford [3] and ordained in 1889. [4] His first posts were curacies at Canterbury, Tulse Hill, and Cheltenham. [5] Later he held incumbencies at St Paul's, Southwark and Christ Church, East Greenwich. [6]
In 1913 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before unanimous election [7] to be its diocesan bishop three years later. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1913 by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, [8] at Southwark Cathedral. [9]
He resigned the See of Jamaica effective 21 March 1931 and returned to England, [7] where his appointment as an Assistant Bishop of Leicester was announced for 1 January 1932; [10] but he was very ill, [11] and (having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)) [12] he died in convalescence in Canterbury on 3 January, [13] not having been able to take up the Leicester appointment.