Peter Carteret (born 1641, date of death unknown, but after 1676) was the Governor of the British colony of Albemarle (which would later become North Carolina) from 1670 to approximately 1672.
[1] Carteret was appointed assistant governor of the Albemarle colony by the Lords Proprietor in 1664.
[2] As Governor, Cateret was responsible for implementing the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina.
He appointed John Jenkins as his deputy, to act in his place, but Carteret never returned to the colony, despite an apparent desire to do so.
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