Family and Education
b. 1547, 1st s. of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Morgan of Arkestone, Herefs.; bro. of Edmund, Henry, John, Robert and William. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1560. m. 1574, Elizabeth (d.1618), da. of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northants., 1da. Kntd. 1570; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Hunsdon 1596; KG 1597.CP, vi. 629-30; C142/246/111; Bell thesis.
Offices Held
Knight marshal of the Household 1578; constable, Bamburgh castle, Northumb. 1583; capt. I.o.W. for life 1583; j.p.q. Herts. from c. 1580, Mdx. and Hants from c. 1584; v.-adm. Southampton 2 Feb. 1586; capt. of gent. pens. 23 July 1596; PC, ld. chamberlain 17 Apr. 1597 – 4 May 1603; custos rot. Hants c. 1593, ld. lt. by 1599.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Blackfriars, London; Hunsdon, Herts.; Carisbrooke, I.o.W.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CAREY, Sir George (1547-1603)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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