Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (13 September [O.S. 3 September] 1654 – 18 October 1744), styled Lady Grace Granville from 1660–80, was Countess Granville in her own right and the wife of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret.
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Early life
Grace was born in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, the second daughter of Sir John Granville, and his wife, Jane Wyche. In 1660, her father was raised to the peerage as Earl of Bath.
Marriage and issue
In 1680, Grace married George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1667–1695), 13 years her junior, who succeeded to his grandfather's baronetcy in 1680. In 1681, he was raised to the status of Baron Carteret.
The Carterets had three sons:
George Carteret (11 February 1689 – 8 June 1689), died in infancy
John Carteret, later 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), who was married twice: first, to Frances Worsley in 1710, and second, to Lady Sophia Fermor, in 1744. He had children by both marriages.