Robert Shapland Crew (1752–1829) was an Irish politician.Jupp, P. J. (1986). "CAREW, Robert Shapland I (1752-1829), of Castleborough, co. Wexford." In Thorne, R. J. (ed.). ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820.'' Woodbridge, Surrey:

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. p. 407. Carew was born in

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and educated at

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. Carew represented

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from 1776 to 1800 and, after the Acts of Union,

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in the

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from 1806 to 1807. His son was the 1st Baron Carew.

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