Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet explained

Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet
Office1:Member of Parliament for Cornwall
Term1:1713-1744
Office2:Member of Parliament for Saltash
Term2:1711-1713
Birth Date:c.
Education:Exeter College, Oxford
Father:John Carew
Relatives:William Morice (grandfather)
Alexander Carew (grandfather)
Children:1+, including Coventry

Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet (c. 1690–1744) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1744.

Biography

Carew was the second son of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet and his third wife Mary Morice, daughter of Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet of Werrington, Devon and was baptized on 24 January 1690. He succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy on 24 September 1703.[1] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 4 September 1707 aged 18.[2]

On 5 January 1714, Carew married Lady Anne Coventry, daughter of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry.[3] She was an heiress, and he then had work started on Antony House in Cornwall.[4]

Carew was returned as Member of Parliament for Saltash at a by-election on 17 January 1711. At the 1713 general election he was returned instead as MP for Cornwall. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in the general elections of 1715, 1722, 1727, 1734 and 1741.[5] Carew died on 8 March 1744. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Coventry.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England . 101. J. and J.B. Burke . John Burke . 1838. 29 August 2018.
  2. Web site: 'Cabell-Chafe', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 228-254. . British History Online . 29 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Carew, Sir William, 5th Bt. (1690-1744), of Antony, nr. Saltash, Cornw. . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). 29 August 2018.
  4. Web site: National Trust, Antony, Art UK. 31 August 2018.
  5. Web site: CAREW, Sir William, 5th Bt. (1689-1744), of Antony, Cornw. . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). 29 August 2018.