John R. Carter

John Ridgeley Carter (November 28, 1864 – June 4, 1944) was an American attorney, diplomat, and banker. Early life Carter was born on November 28, 1864, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was one of fourteen children born to Mary Buckner (née Ridgely) Carter and Bernard Carter, a prominent lawyer and professor. Through his father, he was a member of the prominent Carter and Lee families of Virginia and was a descendant of Henry Lee III, the 9th Governor of Virginia. His paternal grandparents were Charles Henry Carter and Rosalie Eugenia (née Calvert) Carter (a daughter of George Calvert and Rosalie Stier Calvert), a descendant of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore the first colonial proprietor of the Province of Maryland. His paternal aunt, Alice Carter, was married to Oden Bowie, 34th Governor of Maryland. Carter received his undergraduate degree in 1883 from Trinity College in Hartford, followed by an M.A. degree there in 1885. After graduate work at the University of Leipzig, a law degree from Maryland University in 1887, and another from Harvard Law School in 1888, he was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1889.