Carew baronets

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There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Carew, two in the Baronetage of England prior to 1707, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

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Carew baronets, of Antony; created 1641, extinct 1799

In August 1641, Charles I sold a number of baronetcies, to raise funds; one of these was the Carew Baronetcy, of Antony in Cornwall, was purchased by Richard Carew, Member of Parliament for Cornwall and St Michael's. [2] His son and second baronet, Sir Alexander, was executed for treason in December 1644, but succeeded by his son Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet, MP for Cornwall, Bodmin, Lostwithiel and Saltash. The title became extinct in 1799.

Carew baronets, of Haccombe; created 1661, extant

The Carew Baronetcy, of Haccombe in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 2 August 1661 for Thomas Carew, Member of Parliament for Tiverton. [3] Like the Dukes of Leinster and Earls of Plymouth, The Carews claim descent from Walter FitzOther, Castellan of Windsor in 1078. Charles Carew, grandson of Reverend Thomas Carew, younger son of the sixth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Tiverton. Patrick Henry Curtis Carew (b. 1931), great-grandson of Thomas Carew (1810–1876), third son of the seventh Baronet, is a Brigadier-General in the Royal Canadian Dragoons.

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Gerald De Redvers Carew (born 1975), second but eldest living son of the 11th Baronet.

Carew baronets, of Beddington; created 1715, extinct 1762

The Carew Baronetcy, of Beddington in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 11 January 1715 for Nicholas Carew, Member of Parliament for Haslemere and Surrey. [4] The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1762.

Notes

  1. These were the arms shown on the seal of "Nicholas de Carreu" (c.1255–1311), appended to the Barons' Letter, 1301, which he joined as "Lord of Mulesford" and which were blazoned for the same bearer in the Caerlaverock Poem or Roll of Arms of 1300, when he was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle; the Carew baronets of Antony and of Haccombe claim descent from him.

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References

  1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Carew Baronets, p. 155
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902), Complete Baronetage volume 2 (1625-1649), vol. 2, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 1 February 2019
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664), vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 1 February 2019
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), vol. 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 1 February 2019

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