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Bill Carey (songwriter), Bill Carey
William or Bill Carey may refer to: * William Carey (courtier) (c. 1500–1528), courtier of King Henry VIII of England * William Carey (missionary) (1761–1834), English Baptist missionary, philologist, orientalist, translator ** William Carey University, Mississippi * William Carey (MP) (died 1593), MP for Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency), Morpeth and Northumberland * William Carey (bishop) (1769–1846), English churchman and headmaster, bishop of Exeter and of St Asaph * William Carey (politician) (1887–1928), Australian politician * William P. Carey (1930–2012), American businessman * William D. Carey (1912–1998), publisher of ''Science'', 1975–1987 * William Carey (Guernsey) (1853–1915), Bailiff of Guernsey * William Paulet Carey (1759–1839), Irish art critic and publicist * William R. Carey (1806–1836), volunteer soldier during the Texas Revolution * Bill Carey (songwriter) (1916–2004), American songwriter * Bill Carey , member of the comedy musical group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carey (courtier)
William Carey (abt. 1495 – 22 June 1528) was a courtier and favourite of King Henry VIII of England. He served the king as a Gentleman of the Privy chamber, and Esquire of the Body to the King. His wife, Mary Boleyn, is known to history as a mistress of King Henry VIII and the sister of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn. Biography William Carey was the second son of Sir Thomas Carey (1455–1500), of Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire, and his wife, Margaret Spencer, daughter of Sir Robert Spencer and Eleanor Beaufort, and grandson of Sir William Cary of Cockington, Devon, an eminent Lancastrian.Michael Riordan, 'Carey, William (c.1496–1528)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2009. This Cary family was anciently recorded in Devon, and originally held the manors at Cockington and Clovelly in that county. Eleanor was the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, whose brother John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
