Carleton

Carleton can refer to:

Education establishments

• Carleton College, a liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA
• Carleton School for Boys in Bradford, Massachusetts
• Carleton University, a university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Historical events

• Carleton's Raid (1778)

People

• the Barons Carleton
• Alex Carleton (b. 1968), American fashion and home-goods designer
• Billie Carleton (1896–1918), British actress
• Charles A. Carleton, American Union Civil War era brevet brigadier general
• Christopher Carleton (1749–1787), British Army officer
• Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester (1573–1632), English statesman and diplomat
• Dudley Carleton (diplomat) (1599–1654), nephew of the above, diplomat and Clerk of the Privy Council
• Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), U.U. Representative from Michigan
• George Carleton (1559–1628), Bishop of Llandaff
• George W. Carleton, publisher, New York, (died 1901), published the books of Miriam Coles Harris.
• Guy Carleton (bishop) (1605–1685), Anglican clergyman
• Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808), governor of Quebec and a general of British troops during the American War of Independence
• Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1669–1725), English politician
• Hugh Carleton (1810–1890), New Zealand politician
• Isaac Newton Carleton (1832–1902), founder of Carleton School for Boys in Bradford, Massachusetts
• James Henry Carleton (1814–1873), American Major General
• Jesse Carleton (1862–1921), American golfer
• John Carleton (born 1955), former England international rugby union player
• 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 (1642–1673), Englishwoman who used false identities to marry and defraud a number of men
• Peter Carleton (1755–1828), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
• Richard Carleton (1943–2006), Australian journalist
• Robert Louis Carleton (1896–1956), American composer who wrote "Ja-Da!"
• Thomas Carleton (c. 1735 – 1817), first Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• Walter Tenney Carleton (1867–1900), one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation
• Wayne Carleton (born 1946), retired Canadian ice hockey player
• William McKendree "Will" Carleton (1845–1912), American poet, who wrote mostly about rural life
• William Carleton (1794–1869), Irish novelist
• William Carleton (Massachusetts) (1797–1876), American businessman
• Carleton S. Coon (1904–1981), an American physical anthropologist

Places

Canada

• Carleton County, New Brunswick
• Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district) (1867–1914)
• Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district) (1995–present)
• Carleton (Ontario electoral district) (1867–1966)
• Mount Carleton, New Brunswick
  • Mount Carleton Provincial Park
• Carleton, New Brunswick
• Carleton, Nova Scotia
• Carleton County, Ontario (historic)
• Carleton Place, Ontario
• West Carleton Township, Ontario
• Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island
• Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec 5th largest town of the Gaspésie's Baie des Chaleurs

United Kingdom

• Carleton, North Yorkshire near Skipton
• Carleton, West Cumbria, south of the River Irt
• Carleton, Eden, a village in Eden, Cumbria, on the edge of Penrith
• Carleton, Carlisle, a hamlet near Carlisle, England
• Carleton, Lancashire, near Blackpool
• Carleton, West Yorkshire, near Wakefield

United States

• Carleton, Michigan
• Carleton, Nebraska

Manufacturers

• Carleton Life Support, makers of scuba gear

Sport

• Carleton Ravens, the athletic teams that represent Carleton University in Ottawa

See also

• Carlton (disambiguation)