John succeeded his brother Maurice as 4th Viscount in 1690 but had no male heir and his title became extinct. The inscriptions read: Here lyeth the body of John Lord Viscount Fitzharding of Bearehaven ...

In 1664, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret became the proprietors of New Jersey.

Philip Carteret: New Jersey’s first proprietary governor, Carteret served from 1665 to 1703 under Lord John Berkeley and Lord George Carteret. He was then the governor of East New Jersey from ...