Family and Education
bap. 27 Jan. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Robert Carey† (later earl of Monmouth) and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Hugh Trevanion, kt. of Caerhayes, Cornw.; bro. of Thomas Carey‡. educ. privately (tutor, Henry Burton); Exeter, Oxf. 1611 (BA 1614); travelled abroad (Low Countries, France, Italy) 1614-16. m. c. 26 Feb. 1620, Martha (d. 10 Apr. 1677), da. of Sir Lionel Cranfield†, later earl of Middlesex, of Wood Street, London and Chelsea, Mdx. 2s. d.v.p., 8 da. (4 d.v.p.). KB 3 Nov. 1616. d. 13 June 1661; will 21 July 1659, pr. 20 June 1661. TNA, PROB 11/304.
Offices Held
Commr. array, Herts 1642.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Westminster; Rickmansworth, Herts. (to c.1652);VCH Herts. ii. 377.; Kenilworth Castle, Warws. . (to c.1650)
Likenesses
miniature by Samuel Cooper, 1649, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; line engraving by William Faithorne (after S. Cooper), 1656, NPG D22870; oil on canvas (portrait of 1st earl Monmouth with his family), attrib. Paul van Somer, c. 1617, NPG 5426.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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