Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet (c. 1690–1744) was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1711 to 1744.

Biography

Carew was the second son of

Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (6 November 1635 – 1 August 1692) of Antony House, Antony, Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1692. Origins Carew was the thi ...

and his third wife Mary Morice, daughter of

Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet (c. 1628 – 7 February 1690), of Werrington, Cornwall, Werrington (then in Devon but now in Cornwall), was an English Member of Parliament. Origins Morice was the eldest son of William Morice (Secretary of St ...

of Werrington, Devon and was baptized on 24 January 1690. He succeeded his elder brother in the

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on 24 September 1703. He matriculated at

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on 4 September 1707 aged 18. On 5 January 1714, Carew married Lady Anne Coventry, daughter of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry. She was an heiress, and he then had work started on

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in Cornwall. Carew was returned as Member of Parliament for

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at a by-election on 17 January 1711. At the 1713 general election he was returned instead as MP for

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. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in the general elections of

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1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel '' Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), ...

1727 Events January–March * January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...

1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia in America. * February 16 – ...

and

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. Carew died on 8 March 1744. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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References

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