CARTER, JOHN CHILTON LAMBTON (1816-72) was the son of Lieut-colonel J. C. L. Carter of the 44th Regiment, in which he received his ensigncy in 1834 after passing through the military college. (Lieutenant 1836; captain 1844.) He transferred to the 53rd Regiment and served in the Punjab (being present at the battle of Gujerat) and retired in 1852 to settle in New Zealand. Carter was sheep farming in Hawkes Bay about 1853 and was one of the signatories to the Ahuriri petition (1857). He was one of the representatives of Napier Country in the Provincial Council (1859-63) and was Superintendent in succession to T. H. Fitzgerald (1861-62), and deputy-superintendent in 1865. His wife (Susan Frances, daughter of vice-admiral James Lillicrap) died on 31 Dec 1862. Carter died on 27 May 1872.

War Office records; Hawkes Bay P.C. Proc. and Gaz.; Hawkes Bay Herald, 7 Jan 1863, 31 May 1872.

Reference: Volume 1, page 89

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