Family and Education
bap. 27 Jan. 1596,Mems. of Robert Carey ed. F.H. Mares, 84; CP, ix. 59. 1st s. of Sir Robert Carey* of Whitehall and Leppington, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Hugh Trevanion of Caerhayes, Cornw.; bro. of Thomas*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 154-5; Her. and Gen. iv. 45. educ. privately (Henry Burton); Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1611, BA 1614; Al. Ox.; Oxford DNB sub Burton, Henry. travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1614-16. APC, 1613-14, p. 449; HMC Downshire, iv. 410. m. settlement 16 Feb. 1620, PROB 11/304, f. 307v; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 291. Martha (d. 10 Apr. 1677), da. of Sir Lionel Cranfield* of Wood Street, London and Chelsea, Mdx., 2s. d.v.p. 8da. (4 d.v.p.). Her. and Gen. iv. 45; CP, ix. 59. cr. KB 3 Nov.1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. styled. Lord Leppington 5 Feb. 1626; APC, 1629-30, pp. 297-8. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Monmouth 12 Apr. 1639. CSP Dom. 1639, p. 36; CP, ix. 59. d. 13 June 1661. Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 203.
Offices Held
J.p. Warws. 1625 – 42, Herts. 1632 – 42, Mdx. and St. Albans, Herts. 1633–41;
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Main residences: Long Acre, Westminster; Kenilworth Castle, Warws.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CAREY, Sir Henry II (1596-1661)
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