Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew KP (9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856) was an

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Whig Party politician and landowner. He was born in

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, the son of

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, also an MP and landowner, and his wife Anne (née Pigott). He was educated at

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and Christ Church, Oxford. Carew sat as

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for County Wexford between 1812 and 1830 and 1831 and 1834 and also served as

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from 1831 until his death. In 1834 he was raised to the

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as Baron Carew, of the County of Wexford, and in 1838 he was created Baron Carew, of Castle Boro in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was further honoured in 1851 when he was invested a

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. Lord Carew married, on 16 November 1816, Jane Catherine Cliffe (1798–1901), daughter of Major Anthony Cliffe and Frances Deane. They had three sons and a daughter: * Hon. Anne Dorothea Carew (1822–1909), married John Davies Gilbert. * Hon. Ellen Jane Carew (1824–1902), married Charles Glynn Prideaux-Brune. * Sir Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew (1818–1881). * Hon. Shapland Francis Carew (1827–1892). Lord Carew died in June 1856, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Robert. Lady Carew died at

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, Co. Waterford 12 November 1901, aged 103.

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*Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (eds.) (1990) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, * * *

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