GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
615
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-705)
Name
Thomas Carte (Cart)
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England - nonjuror
Lived
b. ca. 1686-04-23 d. 1754-04-02 (new)
Manuscripts
Associated Places
Source of Data
Jeanne Shami; Adam Richter
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 4780)
Other note
Precise date of birth unknown, but Carte was baptized on 23 April 1686. Matriculated from University College, Oxford in 1698. B.A. (1702) from Brasenose College, Oxford. M.A. (1706) from King's College, Cambridge. Reader at Bath Abbey beginning in 1707. Carte was apparently involved in the Atterbury Plot and was accused of high treason in 1722. Thereafter he lived in exile in France until 1728, when he was allowed to return to England.
GEMMS record created
September 13, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024