:''This article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's son. For his namesake and uncle, Sir Walter's brother, see

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'' Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (1605–1666) was an English politician.

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Raleigh was the son of

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. Born in the

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during his father's incarceration, he was educated at

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. After his father's death he was presented at court, but the King supposedly complained that he looked like his father's ghost, and later refused the royal assent to a parliamentary bill restoring his rights of blood;

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initially did the same, before eventually allowing it to be enacted in 1628. Raleigh was elected to Parliament to fill a vacancy as

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for

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in 1649, sitting until the

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was ejected in 1653, and briefly once more when the Rump was restored from May to October 1659. The Rump was again restored in December 1659. Though Raleigh failed in his attempt to be elected to the new Council of State, he was appointed

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. After the Rump was finally dissolved in March 1660, he did not seek election to the Convention Parliament, which met on 25 April. With the Restoration of Charles II, he was relieved of his post as Governor of Jersey, but was offered a knighthood, which he asked should be bestowed on his son, Walter. He died at his London house in

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in 1666, and was buried at

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in his father's grave. The register states that he was "kild", and it has been speculated that this means that he was murdered, but no details of his death are known.

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