John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617) was an English

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, politician and

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Life

He was a son of

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he was a cousin of El ...

and Anne Morgan, the younger brother of

George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon KG (1547 – 9 September 1603) was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan. His father was first cousin to Elizabeth I of England. In 1560, at the age of 13, George matriculated at ...

and a grandson of

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. It is alleged that his father was the illegitimate son of

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born of

when she was a royal mistress. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was knighted in 1598 and succeeded his brother as third

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in 1603. He held a number of court and public offices including

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from 1573-1603, Chamberlain of

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in 1585, Deputy Warden of East March, Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire in 1594, and Marshal of Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1596–1598 and again in 1603. He was elected MP for

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in 1584, 1589 and 1593. Carey's letters from Berwick describe the arrest of Jacob Kroger, a goldsmith working for

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and he identifies

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as the mistress of

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. He wrote in April 1595 that

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and Anne of Denmark planned to come on a progress towards Berwick, including a visit to "Holliday" ( Halidon) Hill which overlooked the town and its fortifications. He wrote to his father wondering if the town should give them a cannon salute. Carey relayed news of Humphrey Dethick, a former employee of

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who came to

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and killed a man. Carey himself was responsible for the brutal murder of Jock Dalgleish, a Border reiver, who had stolen some horses included one of Carey's, whom he "cutt himself all in peces". As Elizabeth I was shocked and described this as "verie barbarous and seldom used emonge the Turckes", Carey proceeded to justify himself by describing other brutal killings in the Borders and justifying himself that Dalgleish was "not cutt in verie many peeces!". In June 1603, after the

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and hearing rumours that the Berwick garrison would be downsized and Lord Home made governor, Carey wrote to Robert Cecil that someone should have charge of Berwick, "considering how many distressed and discontented hearts and minds there be in it. John Carey died at

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, Hertfordshire in 1617. He was succeeded by his son,

Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (ca. 158013 April 1666) of Hunsdon, Hertfordshire was an English peer and Member of Parliament. Life Carey was the son of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon. Cambridge University awarded him an honorary MA in 1607. He ...

Family

He married Mary, the daughter of Leonard Hyde of

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and Throcking, Hertfordshire, widow of Richard Peyton of Little Chesterford, Essex. They had three sons and two daughters. * Henry Carey, died an infant in 1577. *

* Charles Carey, married Elizabeth Whitbroke * Blanche Hunsdon (d. 6 November 1651), married 1) Christopher Peyton and 2) Sir Thomas WodehouseThe Peerage - Henry Carey
/ref> * Anne Carey (bur. 6 December 1622), married Sir Francis Lovell of

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References

History of Parliament CAREY, John (b.1556 d.1617) of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. and Hunsdon, Herts.
Children John Carey (b.1583 d.13 April 1666) Charles Carey (b.1592) Blanch Carey(b.1598 d.6 Nov 1651) Anne Carey (bur. 6 Dec 1622) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunsdon, John Carey, 3rd Baron 16th-century births Year of birth missing 1617 deaths

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Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People from Buckingham English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1589 English MPs 1593 16th-century English nobility 17th-century English nobility People from East Hertfordshire District Barons Hunsdon