Philadelphia Carey (died 1654) was an English courtier.
Philadelphia Carey was a daughter of
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (ca. 1560 – 12 April 1639) (or "Cary") was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, chamberlain and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne Morgan, daug ...
and
Elizabeth Trevannion
Elizabeth Trevannion, Countess of Monmouth (died 1641), was an English aristocrat and keeper of Prince Charles.
Elizabeth Trevannion or Trevanion was a daughter of Hugh Trevannion of St Michael Caerhays and Sybilla Morgan of Lockstowe or Arkeston ...
.
Namesake aunt
She was the niece of another "
Philadelphia Carey" (1552–1627), who was a daughter of
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Ann Morgan. She married
Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton in 1584 and was a
lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
to
Queen Elizabeth. On the queen's death she passed her ring to her brother Robert Carey, who rode to Scotland to give it to
James VI.
Career
The younger Philadelphia Carey was a lady-in-waiting to
Princess Elizabeth.
Her portrait appears in a picture of the family of the Earl of Monmouth in 1617 attributed to
Paul van Somer and she was also painted by
Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.
The seventh c ...
. A version of the Van Dyck portrait, in different costume from the mezzotint, had the inscription "about the age of 44".
King James stayed with her at
Aske on 16 April 1617 on his way to Scotland, and at
Wharton Hall on 8 August on his return.
In June 1623 she travelled to
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
to see Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, with
Elizabeth, Lady Knollys,
Isabella Smythe,
Lady Hatton and her daughter
Lady Purbeck. They sent a comic letter to
Dudley Carleton, in the spirit of a masque, explaining their arrival deposited on the shore by Neptune, in hope of an introduction to the King and Queen of Bohemia.
She died in 1654 and was buried at
Easby, Richmondshire.
Marriage and children
She married
Sir Thomas Wharton
Sir Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495 – 23 August 1568) was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony.
Early life
...
of
Aske Hall
Aske Hall is a Georgian country house, with parkland attributed to Capability Brown, north of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It contains an impressive collection of 18th-century furniture, paintings and porcelain, and in its grounds a John ...
(d. 1622) in April 1611.
George Calvert
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (; 1580 – 15 April 1632), was an English politician and colonial administrator. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I. He lost mu ...
noted the financial settlement of £6000 from her father and an annual £1200 jointure.
[ Thomas Birch & Folkestone Williams, ''The Court and Times of James the First'', vol. 1 (London, 1848), p. 110.]
Their children included:
*
Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton
*
Thomas Wharton (died 1684)
External links
'The 1st Earl of Monmouth and his family', Paul van Somer, National Portrait Gallery
References
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1654 deaths
English ladies-in-waiting
Court of Charles I of England
Daughters of British earls
Household of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia