Sir Thomas Carew, 1st Baronet (1632 – September 1673) of

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, Devon, was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1661 to 1674.

Origins

He was baptised on 21 June 1632 and was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Carew (d. 1656) of Haccombe by his wife, Anna Clifford (d. 1656), daughter of the Rev John Clifford of

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Career

In 1649 he was admitted at the

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. He matriculated at

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on 12 November 1650 and was awarded BA on 11 February 1653 and MA on 28 June 1655. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Cabell-Chafe', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 228–254. Date accessed: 22 June 2012
/ref> He succeeded to the estate at Haccombe on the death of his father on 6 December 1656.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3'' 1900
/ref> Carew was created

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on 2 August 1661. In 1661 he was elected

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for Tiverton in the

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and sat until his death in 1674. History of Parliament Online – Carew, Thomas
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Marriages and children

Carew married firstly in or before 1653 to Elizabeth Carew, daughter of Sir Henry Carew of Bickleigh Castle, near Tiverton by his wife, Dorothy Mohun, daughter of Sir Reginald Mohun of Cornwall. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895, pp.136, 144 They had six children. He married, secondly, by licence dated 20 June 1672, Martha Duck (d. 1674), widow of Nicholas Duck (1630–1667) of

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and daughter and co-heiress of Arthur Duck, MP for Minehead.

References

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