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Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet

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Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet
Member of Parliament for Cornwall
In office
1744-1748
Personal details
Bornc. 1716 (1716)
Died24 March 1748 (aged 31–32)
Political partyTories
Spouse
Mary Bampfylde
(m. 1738)
Parent
RelativesJohn Carew (grandfather)
EducationBalliol College, Oxford

Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet (c.1716 – 24 March 1748) was a British Tory politician.[1]

Biography

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Carew was the son of Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet and Lady Anne Coventry, daughter of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. On 1 July 1738 he married Mary, daughter of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1744.[1]

In 1744, Carew was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament for Cornwall.[1] In 1746 he voted against the use of the Hanoverian Army to suppress the Jacobite rising of 1745. He died in 1748.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sedgwick, R. (1970). "CAREW, Sir Coventry, 6th Bt. (?1716-48), of Antony, Cornw". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715. historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Saltash
1744–1748
With: Sir John St Aubyn, Bt (1744)
Sir John Molesworth, Bt (1744–1748)
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Anthony)
1744–1748
Succeeded by
John Carew