Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet

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

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

  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