Anthony Carleton
| Anthony Carleton | |
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| Born | c. 1522 |
| Died | 18 January 1576 (aged 53–54) |
| Buried | Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Peryent Joyce Goodwin |
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| Father | John Carleton |
| Mother | Joyce Welbeck |
Anthony Carleton (c.1522 – 18 January 1576) was a landowner and Member of Parliament, and the father of Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester.
Anthony Carleton, born about 1522, was the eldest son of John Carleton of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, and Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and Joyce Welbeck, the daughter of John Welbeck of Oxon Hoath, Kent. His maternal grandmother, Margaret Culpepper, was the aunt of Henry VIII's fifth wife, Katherine Howard.
The inscription on his father's monument states that he had four brothers: George Carleton; William (said to have been a priest); John (who died unmarried at Bologna); and Edward, and four sisters: Anne, who married Rowland Lytton; Katherine, who married Francis Blount, younger brother of James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy; Mabel, who married John Fetch of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire; and Jane, who married Erasmus Gainsford, son of Sir John Gainsford (d.1540) of Crowhurst, Surrey.
He succeeded his father in 1551. At the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I, he is said to have held a minor position in the royal household.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Westbury in 1559, likely through his family connection to the Blounts. However he was primarily a local official. By 1559 he was a Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire and escheator for Berkshire and Oxfordshire. From September 1559 to February 1565 he was receiver-general for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and also later served as a commissioner for sewers in Buckinghamshire, and commissioner of musters in Oxfordshire.
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