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though less distinguished than his illustrious brother, Sir Guy Carleton, 

 his career as a soldier was highly creditable. He served in the expedi- 

 tion against Rochfort, under Sir John Mordaunt in 1757. The next 

 year he was with the Duke of Marlborough at St. Maloes, from whence 

 he embarked with his regiment for Minden where they joined the 

 allied army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. He was present 

 at the battle of Minden on August 1, 1759, and the sword which he 

 carried on that occasion, with his name engraven on the blade, is 

 still in possession of the Carleton family. He was now promoted to 

 the command of a company in the 20th regiment. He took part 

 in the night attack on Hirchburg and was present at the siege of Wesel 

 and the battle of Campen, under the hereditary prince of Brunswick, 

 in 1760. The next year he was appointed aide-de-camp to Lord 

 Frederick Cavendish, with whom he returned to England at the close 

 of the war. 



Carleton rejoined his regiment at Gibraltar in 1765 and did garri- 

 son duty for the next four years during which period he was absent 

 ten months, on leave, travelling in Minorca, Algiers, France and Italy. 

 He was quite a linguist, being acquainted with the French, German, 

 Italian and Spanish languages. 



Carleton came of a fighting stock and the military instinct led 

 him in 1774 to obtain leave of absence to serve in a campaign with the 

 Russian army, then engaged with the Turks on the lower Danube. 

 He was present at an attack made by the Turks on a large corps of 

 Russians posted on an island in the Danube opposite Silistra. The 

 Turks were repulsed with, loss, and a negotiation ensued which led 

 to the peace of Carnaji. Carleton visited Constantinople, returned 

 to the Russian army in Wallachia and then visited St. Petersburg, 

 where he spent the winter, returning to England in 1775. 



The outbreak of the American Revolution now turned his* face in 

 a new direction and led to his spending nearly thirty of the best years 

 of his/life in America. He came to Canada in 1776, and was appointed 

 to the responsible position of Quarter Master General of the Northern 

 Army, commanded by his brother Sir Guy Carleton. He was present 

 at the naval action on Lake Champlain in which the ships of Benedict 

 Arnold's fleet were taken or burnt. At the conclusion of hostilities in 

 1782 he went to England where he married the widow of Captain 

 Edward Foy, 1 late of the Royal Artillery. She was a native of New 

 Jersey and her maiden name Hannah Van Home. 



1 Captain Foy had served under Sir Guy Carleton as Deputy Adjutant General. 

 By this marriage Governor Carleton had two daughters, Emma and Anne Frances, 

 and one son William. All were born in New Brunswick. William Carleton fought 

 under Nelson at Trafalgar. 



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