Frederick Carter

Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter, KCMG (February 12, 1819 – March 1, 1900) was a lawyer and Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878.

The Honourable Sir Frederick Carter KCMG
Prime Minister of Newfoundland
In office January 31, 1874 – April 1, 1878
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Stephen John Hill John Hawley Glover
Preceded by	Charles Fox Bennett
Succeeded by	William Whiteway
In office March 4, 1865 – February 11, 1870[1]
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Anthony Musgrave Stephen John Hill
Preceded by	Hugh W. Hoyles
Succeeded by	Charles Fox Bennett
Personal details
Born	February 12, 1819 St. John's, Newfoundland
Died	March 1, 1900 (aged 81) St. John's, Newfoundland
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse(s)	Eliza Bayly

Career

Carter was daughter[2] of Peter Weston Carter[3] and great-grandson of Robert Carter, who was appointed justice of the peace at Ferryland in 1750. In 1855, he was elected to the House of Assembly as a Conservative and was Speaker from 1861 to 1865. In 1865 he succeeded Sir Hugh Hoyles as Prime Minister.

Carter was a supporter of Canadian confederation having been a delegate to the 1864 Quebec conference.[4] However, the Conservatives were defeated on the Confederation issue in the November 1869 election by the Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett. Even though Newfoundland did not join the confederation until 1949, Carter is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation. Carter became Premier a second time in 1874, serving until 1878, but had dropped the issue of joining Canada. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1878.

In 1880 Carter was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, succeeding Sir Hugh Hoyles, and served in the post until 1898.[5] During his term as Chief Justice, Carter was a valued advisor for the Colonial Governors of Newfoundland and acted as administrator of the colony in their absence.[6]

Carter was a Freemason of St. John's Lodge, No. 579 (England).[7]

He died in St. John's, Newfoundland in early March 1900.[8]

Family

Carter married, in 1846, Eliza Bayly, daughter of George Bayly, Controller of HM Customs, Newfoundland. With Eliza Bayly they had one son, Stanley B. Carter.

References

1. "CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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3. Volume one, p. 363, Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, ISBN 0-9693422-1-7.
4. "Carter, Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington National Historic Person". Parks Canada. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
5. "Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
6. "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". www.biographi.ca. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
7. Michael Jenkyns (July 2017). "Canada's Sesquicentennial - Freemasonry and Confederation". Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
8. "Obituaries - Sir Frederick Carter". The Times (36080). London. 3 March 1900. p. 8.

External links

• Hiller, J.K. (1990). "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
• Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter