De Carteret family

Their influence on the Island lasted from the 10th century until the present time.

The family sided with William the Conqueror in the Norman conquest.

Years later Renaud de Carteret I returned from First Crusade and took the parish of St Ouen by force, establishing the family's presence in the Channel Islands.

During the English Civil War, the Great-Grandson of Hellier de Carteret, Sir George Carteret became a prominent Royalist and Friend to King Charles II, he was made Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Treasurer of the Navy, Member of Parliament and made a Baronet.

[3] Their ancestral seat is Saint Ouen's Manor, Jersey, still today owned by persons of that name.