Sir Thomas Godfrey Carey (5 January 1832 – 6 November 1906) was a

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barrister who served as Attorney-General of Guernsey,

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, and President of the

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. He was born in Saint Peter Port to Havilland Carey and Augusta Dobree. He married firstly, Susan Elizabeth Slade, in 1859, and secondly, Eliza de Sausmarez Grassic, daughter of Thomas Ritchie Grassic, of

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in 1901.''London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Thomas Godfrey 1832 births 1906 deaths Knights Bachelor Bailiffs of Guernsey Thomas Godfrey People from Saint Peter Port