kingham. Carleton
endeavoured to defend his patron, and supported the king's violent
exercise of his prerogative. It was perhaps fortunate that his further
career in the Commons was cut short by his elevation in May to the
peerage as Baron Carleton of Imbercourt. Shortly afterwards he was
despatched on another mission to the Hague, on his return from which he
was created Viscount Dorchester in July 1628. He was active in
forwarding the conferences between Buckingham and Contarini for a peace
with France on the eve of the duke's intended departure for La Rochelle,
which was prevented by the latter's assassination. In December 1628 he
was made principal secretary of state, and died on the 15th of February
1632, being buried in Westminster Abbey. He was twice married, and had
children, but all died in infancy, and the title became extinct.
Carleton was one of the ablest diplomatists of the time, and his talents
would have secured greater triumphs had he not been persistently
hampered by the mistaken and hesitating foreign policy of the court.

His voluminous correspondence, remarkable for its clear, easy and
effective style, and for the writer's grasp of the main points of
policy, covers practically the whole history of foreign affairs during
the period 1610-1628, and furnishes valuable material for the study of
the Thirty Years' War. His letters as ambassador at the Hague, January
1616 to December 1620, were first edited by Philip Yorke, afterwards
second earl of Hardwicke, with a biographical and historical preface,
in 1757; his correspondence from the Hague in 1627 by Sir Thomas
Phillipps in 1841; other letters are printed in the _Cabala_, and in
T. Birch's _Court and Times of James I. and Charles I._, but by far
the greater portion remains in MS. among the state papers.

DORCHESTER, GUY CARLETON, 1st BARON (1724-1808), British general and
administrator, was born at Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, on the 3rd of
September 1724. He served with distinction on the continent under the
duke of Cumberland, and in 1759 in America as quartermaster-general,
under his friend Wolfe. He was wounded at the capture of Quebec, and
promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1766 he was appointed
governor-general of Canada, which position he held till 1778. His
justice and kindliness greatly endeared him to the recently conquered
French-Canadians, and did much to hold them neutral during the War of
American