Nicolas Henri Carteret (7 November 1807 – 29 January 1862) was a French lawyer and politician.

Nicolas Henri Carteret was born at Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or, on 7 November 1807.

He sat with the majority and supported the coup d'État of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.

Under the Second French Empire he was elected as Representative for the 3rd district of Marne on 22 June 1857.

[1] He sat with the dynastic majority until his death, and in 1858 voted for the law of general security.