Sir George Carteret, Baronet (born c. 1610, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands—died January 14, 1680, London, England) was a British Royalist politician and colonial proprietor of New Jersey.
A British naval officer and lieutenant governor of Jersey, Carteret made the island a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil Wars and privateered in the Stuart cause, thereby winning a knighthood (1644) and a baronetcy (1645). After the capture of the island by a Parliamentary force in 1651, he went into exile in France, where he served in the French navy, but he returned to England at the Restoration (1660). There he became a powerful administrator and legislator. Censured by Parliament for laxity in account keeping, he gave up the naval treasury in 1667, though he subsequently held other important posts.
In 1663 Carteret was one of the eight original proprietors to whom King Charles II granted the area of Carolina in North America. The following year he received property rights to half of New Jersey, named for his birthplace in his honour. Friction in the colony and disappointing financial returns led the other owner, John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, to sell out to the Quakers in 1674. With them Carteret agreed upon a division of the colony in 1676; he kept East Jersey, which his heirs sold to William Penn and other Quakers two years after his death.
Sir George Carteret (kuzaliwa 1610 St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - alikufa 1680 Januari 14, London, Uingereza) alikuwa wa Uingereza Royalist mwanasiasa na koloni mmiliki wa New Jersey. Carteret alikuwa na cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo cha cheo. Baada ya kutekwa kwa kisiwa hicho na jeshi la Bunge mnamo 1651, alienda uhamishoni Ufaransa, ambapo alihudumu katika jeshi la wanamaji la Ufaransa, lakini alirudi Uingereza wakati wa Kurudishwa (1660). Huko akawa msimamizi na mtunga-sheria mwenye nguvu. Baada ya kukataliwa na Bunge kwa sababu ya kutojiandaa katika uhifadhi wa akaunti, aliacha hazina ya jeshi la wanamaji mnamo 1667, ingawa baadaye alishikilia nafasi nyingine muhimu. Mwaka 1663 Carteret alikuwa mmoja wa wamiliki wanane wa kwanza ambao Mfalme Charles wa Pili aliwapa eneo la Carolina katika Amerika ya Kaskazini. Mwaka uliofuata alipokea haki za mali kwa nusu ya New Jersey, jina kwa ajili ya mahali pa kuzaliwa kwake katika heshima yake. Kwa sababu ya matatizo ya kiuchumi na mapato ya chini, John Berkeley, Baroni wa Kwanza wa Stratton, aliuza shamba hilo kwa Wakwayakeri mwaka wa 1674. Carteret alishirikiana nao katika kugawanya koloni hiyo mwaka 1676; akaendelea na East Jersey, ambayo warithi wake waliuza kwa William Penn na Quakers wengine miaka miwili baada ya kifo chake.