Carew Baronets
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There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Carew, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Carew Baronetcy, of Antony
Antony House
Antony House is the name given to an early 18th-century house, which today is in the ownership of the National Trust. It is located between the towns of Torpoint and the village of Antony in the county of Cornwall, United Kingdom...

 in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Baronetage of England on 9 August 1641 for Richard Carew
Sir Richard Carew, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Carew, 1st Baronet , of Antony in Cornwall, was an English writer and Member of Parliament.Carew was the eldest son of the antiquary Richard Carew . He was educated at Oxford, probably at Merton, and studied law at the Middle Temple...

, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Cornwall
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

 and St Michael's
Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)
Mitchell, or St Michael was a rotten borough consisting of the town of Mitchell, Cornwall. From the first Parliament of Edward VI, in 1547, it elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.-History:The borough encompassed parts of two parishes, Newlyn East and St Enoder...

. He was the son of the antiquary Richard Carew. The second Baronet also represented Cornwall in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Cornwall, Bodmin
Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general...

, Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 and Saltash
Saltash (UK Parliament constituency)
Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a "rotten borough" in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Saltash and Cornwall while the sixth Baronet represented Cornwall. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1799.

The Carew Baronetcy, of Haccombe in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 2 August 1661 for Thomas Carew, Member of Parliament for Tiverton
Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)
Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

. The Carews are an ancient Cornwall and Devon family and claim descent (along with the Dukes of Leinster
Duke of Leinster
Duke of Leinster is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage. The title refers to Leinster, but unlike the province the title is pronounced "Lin-ster"...

 and Earls of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...

) from Walter Fitz-Other, Castellan of Windsor in 1078. Charles Carew
Charles Carew
Charles Robert Sydenham Carew JP was a British Conservative politician.Carew was the son of Reverend Robert Baker Carew, Rector of Bickleigh, Devon, grandson of Sir Thomas Carew, 6th Baronet . His mother was Augusta Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Daniel. He was educated at St John's College,...

, grandson of Reverend Thomas Carew, younger son of the sixth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Tiverton
Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)
Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

. Patrick Henry Curtis Carew (b. 1931), great-grandson of Thomas Carew (1810-1876), third son of the seventh Baronet, is a Brigadier-General in the Royal Canadian Dragoons.

The Carew Baronetcy, of Bedington in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 11 January 1715 for Nicholas Carew, Member of Parliament for Haslemere
Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)
Haslemere was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-1584-1640:-1640-1832:Notes- References :...

 and Surrey
Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
Surrey was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832....

. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1762.

Carew Baronets, of Antony (1641)

  • Sir Richard Carew, 1st Baronet
    Sir Richard Carew, 1st Baronet
    Sir Richard Carew, 1st Baronet , of Antony in Cornwall, was an English writer and Member of Parliament.Carew was the eldest son of the antiquary Richard Carew . He was educated at Oxford, probably at Merton, and studied law at the Middle Temple...

     (c. 1580-1643)
  • Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet , of Antony in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament executed for attempting to betray the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War....

     (1609-1644)
  • Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet
    Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet
    Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1692....

     (1635-1692)
  • Sir Richard Carew, 4th Baronet (1683-1703)
  • Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet (1690-1744)
  • Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet (c. 1716-1748)
  • Sir John Carew, 7th Baronet (1708-1762)
  • Sir Alexander Carew, 8th Baronet (1715-1799)

Carew Baronets, of Haccombe (1661)

  • Sir Thomas Carew, 1st Baronet (1632-1673)
  • Sir Henry Carew, 2nd Baronet (c. 1654-1695)
  • Sir Henry Darrell Carew, 3rd Baronet (c. 1687-c. 1707)
  • Sir Thomas Carew, 4th Baronet (c. 1692-c. 1746)
  • Sir John Carew, 5th Baronet (c. 1726-c. 1770)
  • Sir Thomas Carew, 6th Baronet (c. 1755-1805)
  • Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet (1779-1830)
  • Sir Walter Palk Carew, 8th Baronet (1807-1874)
  • Sir Henry Palk Carew, 9th Baronet (1870-1934)
  • Sir Thomas Palk Carew, 10th Baronet (1890-1976)
  • Sir Rivers Verain Carew, 11th Baronet (b. 1935)

Carew Baronets, of Bedington (1715)

  • Sir Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet (1686-1727)
  • Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, 2nd Baronet (c. 1716-1762)
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