Robert Shapland Carew Explained

Robert Shapland Crew (1752–1829) was an Irish politician.[1] [2]

Carew was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3]

Carew represented Waterford City from 1776 to 1800 and, after the Acts of Union, County Wexford in the British House of Commons from 1806 to 1807.[2]

His son was the 1st Baron Carew.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/waterford-city/ Ancestry Ireland Waterford City
  2. Jupp, P. J. (1986). "CAREW, Robert Shapland I (1752-1829), of Castleborough, co. Wexford." In Thorne, R. J. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Woodbridge, Surrey: Boydell & Brewer. p. 407.
  3. [George Dames Burtchaell]
  4. Web site: The peerage and baronetage of the British Empire as at present. Lodge. Edmund. 1861.