Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (6 November 1635 – 1 August 1692) of Antony, Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1660 and 1692.

Origins

Carew was the third but eldest surviving son of Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet (1608–1644) by his wife Jane Rolle (1606-1679), daughter of Robert Rolle (d. 1633) of

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, Devon. His father was beheaded on

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on 23 December 1644 for attempting to betray the Parliamentary cause during the

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Career

Carew succeeded to the baronetcy in 1644 and although the estates were initially sequestered they were later released and he was allowed to inherit in November 1645. In 1660, Carew was elected

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for

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in the Convention Parliament. In 1661 he was elected MP for Bodmin for the

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and sat until 1679. He was then elected MP for

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until 1685. In 1689 he was re-elected MP for Cornwall until 1690 when he was elected MP for

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. He sat until his death at the age of 56 in 1692.

Marriages and children

Carew married three times:Vivian, p.143 *Firstly to Sarah Hungerford (d.1671), daughter of Antony Hungerford of

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, by whom he had the following children: **John Carew (1670–1672), died young **Alexander Carew (1667–1669), died young **Jane Carew (1662–1700), second wife of Jonathan Rashleigh II (1642–1702), of

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, Cornwall, MP for Fowey and

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in 1687.Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp. 1891, Rashleigh of Menabilly From this marriage were descended the Pole-Carew family which in the person of her great-grandson Reginald Pole-Carew (1753–1835) inherited Antony in 1748 on the death of

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(c. 1716–1748), and in compliance with the terms of the bequest adopted the name Carew in addition to his paternal surname of Pole. **Rachel Carew (1664-), wife of Ambrose Manaton of Devon. *Secondly he married Elizabeth Norton (d.1679), daughter of Richard Norton of Southwick, Hampshire; without children. *Thirdly he married Mary Morice (d.1698), daughter of Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet (c.1628-1690) of Werrington, Devon, by whom he had the following children: **

Sir Richard Carew, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1683–1703) **

Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet (c. 1690–1744) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1744. Carew was the second son of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet and his third wife Mary Morice, daughter of Sir William Morice, 1 ...

(1690–1744) **Gertrude Carew (born 1682 - 14 April 1736), she married firstly to Sir Godfrey Copley, 2 Baronet, (c. 1653 - 9 April 1709), she married as her 2nd husband Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689–1727), of Poltimore and North Molton, Devon **Mary Carew (born 1689) GertrudeCarew AntonyHouse Cornwall

Sources

*Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 133–145, pedigree of Carew

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carew, John 1635 births 1692 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Antony, Cornwall People from Bodmin People from Lostwithiel English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 Carew baronets