Carleton (surname)

Carleton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alex Carleton Alex Carleton is an American fashion and home-goods designer. He is the founder of Rogues Gallery and was the creative director of an L.L.Bean capsule brand, L.L.Bean Signature. He is currently creative director of Filson (company), Filson. Early ...

(born 1968), American fashion and home-goods designer * Anita Carleton, American software engineer *

Billie Carleton Billie Carleton (4 September 1896 – 28 November 1918) was an English musical comedy actress during the First World War. She began her professional stage career at age 15 and was playing roles in the West End by age 18. She appeared in the hi ...

(1896–1918), British actress * Bridget Carleton (born 1997), Canadian basketball player * Charles A. Carleton (1836–1897), American Union Civil War era brevet brigadier general *

Christopher Carleton Lt.-Colonel Christopher Carleton (1749–1787) was born into an Ulster military family in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Christopher's parents died at sea when he was only four years old and his uncles, Guy Carleton (later created The 1st Baron D ...

(1749–1787), British Army officer *

Claire Carleton Claire Carleton (September 28, 1913 – December 11, 1979) was an American actress whose career spanned four decades from the 1930s through the 1960s. She appeared in over 100 films, the majority of them features, and on numerous television ...

(1913–1979), American actress * Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester (1573–1632), English statesman and diplomat *

Dudley Carleton (diplomat) Sir Dudley Carleton (c. 1599–1654) was a minor diplomat and Clerk of the Council. He was the younger son of George and Catharine Carleton née Harrison of Huntercombe Oxfordshire and lived at Clerkenwell and Holcombe, Oxfordshire. Career C ...

(1599–1654), nephew of the above, diplomat and clerk of the Privy Council * Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), U.S. Representative from Michigan * George Carleton (1529–1590), prosecuted for involvement in the

Marprelate controversy The Marprelate Controversy was a war of pamphlets waged in England and Wales in 1588 and 1589, between a puritan writer who employed the pseudonym Martin Marprelate, and defenders of the Church of England which remained an established church. ...

George Carleton (bishop) George Carleton (1557/8 – 12 May 1628) was an English churchman who was Bishop of Llandaff from 1618 to 1619 and Bishop of Chichester from 1619 to 1628. He was a delegate to the Synod of Dort, in the Netherlands. Life He was the son of Guy C ...

(1559–1628), Bishop of Llandaff * George W. Carleton, publisher, New York, (1832–1901), published the books of

Miriam Coles Harris Miriam Coles Harris (July 7, 1834 in East Island, Glen Cove, Long Island – January 23, 1925 in Pau, France) was an American novelist. She wrote several novels, a book of children's stories and two devotional books. She shunned publicity and ...

. * George Carleton (1885–1950), American character actor * Guy Carleton (bishop) (1605–1685), Anglican clergyman *

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 176 ...

(1724–1808), governor of Quebec and a general of British troops during the American War of Independence *

Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, (12 July 1669 – 31 March 1725) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1695 and in the English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1710. He served as Ch ...

(1669–1725), English politician * Hugh Carleton (1810–1890), New Zealand politician *

Isaac Newton Carleton Isaac Newton Carleton (June 10, 1832 – August 8, 1902) was an educator. He taught at Phillips Academy and was the principal of State Normal School in New Britain, Connecticut for twelve years. He was the founder of Carleton School in Massachu ...

(1832–1902), founder of Carleton School for Boys in Bradford, Massachusetts *

James Henry Carleton James Henry Carleton (December 27, 1814 – January 7, 1873) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the American Civil War and American Indian Wars. He became notorious for his involvement in the Long Walk ...

(1814–1873), American major general * Jesse Carleton (1862–1921), American golfer * John Carleton (disambiguation) * Marie-Helene Carleton, American writer, photographer and filmmaker * Mark A. Carleton (1866–1925), American botanist and plant pathologist * Mark T. Carleton (1935–1995), Louisiana historian *

Mary Carleton Mary Carleton (born Mary Moders; 11 August 1642 – 22 January 1673) was an English socialite and fraudster who became famous for using a number of false identities, such as a German princess, to marry and defraud upper-class men. Early li ...

(1642–1673), Englishwoman who used false identities to marry and defraud a number of men * Nicholas Carleton (c1570–1630), English composer * Peter Carleton (1755–1828), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire *

Richard Carleton Richard George Carleton (11 July 19437 May 2006) was a multiple Logie Award–winning Australian television journalist. Education Carleton was born in Bowral, New South Wales. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and graduated from the U ...

(1943–2006), Australian journalist * Robert Louis Carleton (1896–1956), American composer who wrote "Ja-Da!" *

Thomas Carleton General Thomas Carleton ( 1735 – 2 February 1817) was an Irish-born British Army officer who was promoted to colonel during the American Revolutionary War after relieving the siege of Quebec in 1776. After the war, he was appointed as Lie ...

(c. 1735 – 1817), first lieutenant governor of New Brunswick *

Walter Tenney Carleton Walter Tenney Carleton (24 December 1867 – 6 July 1900) was an early international businessman. He was one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation, the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. Youth and education He wa ...

(1867–1900), one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation *

Wayne Carleton Kenneth Wayne "Swoop" Carleton (born August 4, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Carleton played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the St ...

(born 1946), retired Canadian ice hockey player * William McKendree "Will" Carleton (1845–1912), American poet, who wrote mostly about rural life *

William Carleton William Carleton (4 March 1794, Prolusk (often spelt as Prillisk as on his gravestone), Clogher, County Tyrone – 30 January 1869, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his ''Traits and ...

(1794–1869), Irish novelist * William Carleton (Massachusetts businessman) (1797–1876), American businessman *

William P. Carleton William P. Carleton (October 3, 1872 – April 6, 1947) was a silent film actor who appeared in 40 films between 1919 and 1944. He is sometimes billed as William Carleton Jr.. Carleton was born in London and was briefly married to actress Toby C ...

(1872–1947), American actor {{surname, Carleton English-language surnames