| Constantine Phipps Carey | |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1835 |
| Death Date: | 7 December 1906 (aged 71) |
| Birth Place: | Cape Colony[1] [2] |
| Death Place: | Marylebone, London |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1854 - 1882 |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Unit: | Royal Engineers |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Laterwork: | Chief Engineer, Local Government Board |
Major-General Constantine Phipps Carey (29 May 1835 – 7 December 1906) was a British Army officer and later Chief Engineer to the Local Government Board.
Carey was born in Cape Colony, the son of James Carey, of Guernsey.[3] He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in August 1854, promoted to lieutenant on 14 November 1854, to captain on 17 May 1860, and to major on 5 July 1872. Senior command followed when he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 5 December 1877, to colonel on 5 December 1881, and finally to major-general on 5 December 1882, on his retirement from the Royal Engineers.[4]
In 1885 he was appointed Engineering Inspector of the Local Government Board, a post he held for 12 years, until he became Chief Engineer to the board in 1897, serving as such until June 1901. He also served as a member of the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal until his death.[5]
Following his retirement from the Local Government Board, he was appointed a Companion (civil) of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the November 1901 Birthday Honours list, and invested by King Edward VII on 17 December 1901.[6]
Carey married, in 1874, Isabela Margarita Shirley, daughter of Henry Shirley, Grenadier Guards, of Peppingford, Sussex.Among their children were: