Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew

Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew KP (9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856) was an Irish Whig Party politician and landowner.

Stipple engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater Jr.

He was born in Dublin, the son of Robert Shapland Carew, also an MP and landowner, and his wife Anne (née Pigott). He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. Carew sat as Member of Parliament for County Wexford between 1812 and 1830 and 1831 and 1834 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford from 1831 until his death. In 1834 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Carew, of the County of Wexford, and in 1838 he was created Baron Carew, of Castle Boro in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was further honoured in 1851 when he was invested a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.

Lord Carew married, on 16 November 1816, Jane Catherine Cliffe (1798–1901), daughter of Major Anthony Cliffe and Frances Deane. They had three sons and a daughter:

Hon. Anne Dorothea Carew (1822–1909^[1]), married John Davies Gilbert.
Hon. Ellen Jane Carew (1824–1902), married Charles Glynn Prideaux-Brune.
Sir Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew (1818–1881).
Hon. Shapland Francis Carew (1827–1892).

Lord Carew died in June 1856, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Robert. Lady Carew died at Woodstown, County Waterford 12 November 1901, aged 103.^[2]

Notes

^ Lodge, Edmund (1861). "The peerage and baronetage of the british empire as at present".
^ "Obituaries – Dowager Lady Carew". The Times. No. 36611. London. 13 November 1901. p. 5.

References

Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (eds.) (1990) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Carew

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Abel Ram William Congreve Alcock	Member of Parliament for County Wexford 1812–1830 With: Sir Frederick Flood 1812–1818 Caesar Colclough 1818–1820 Viscount Stopford 1820–1830	Succeeded by Arthur Chichester Viscount Valentia
Preceded by Arthur Chichester Henry Lambert	Member of Parliament for County Wexford 1831–1834 With: Henry Lambert	Succeeded by Henry Lambert Cadwallader Waddy
Honorary titles
New title	Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford 1831–1856	Succeeded by The Lord Carew
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Carew 1838–1856	Succeeded by Robert Shapland Carew
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Carew 1834–1856	Succeeded by Robert Shapland Carew

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[1] Lodge, Edmund (1861). "The peerage and baronetage of the british empire as at present".

[2] "Obituaries – Dowager Lady Carew". The Times. No. 36611. London. 13 November 1901. p. 5.

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