Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet explained

Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet
Office1:Member of Parliament for Cornwall
Term1:1744-1748
Party:Tories
Birth Date:c.
Death Date:24 March
Education:Balliol College, Oxford
Father:William Carew
Relatives:John Carew (grandfather)

Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet (c.1716 – 24 March 1748) was a British Tory politician.[1]

Biography

Carew was the son of Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet and Lady Anne Coventry, daughter of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. On 1 July 1738 he married Mary, daughter of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1744.[1]

In 1744, Carew was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament for Cornwall.[1] In 1746 he voted against the use of the Hanoverian Army to suppress the Jacobite rising of 1745. He died in 1748.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CAREW, Sir Coventry, 6th Bt. (?1716-48), of Antony, Cornw. . Sedgwick . R. . 1970 . The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 . historyofparliamentonline.org . 22 September 2023 .