George Carey (politician, around 1541)

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Sir George Carey (also Cary ) (* around 1541; † February 15, 1616 ) was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland.

origin

George Carey was the eldest son of Thomas Carey († 1567) and his wife Mary Southcote . His father was a landowner from Cockington , Devon . From 1558 he studied at the Inner Temple in London. While his father and his younger brother Richard Carey (around 1546-after 1616) remained Catholics, Carey converted to Protestantism .

Promotion to Lord Deputy of Ireland

After his father's death in 1567, Carey inherited his possessions and quickly rose to become an influential member of the Devon gentry . In 1570 he was beaten in Berwick by Lord Deputy of Ireland Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex to a Knight Bachelor degree . Before 1572 he was captain of the militia , around 1579 justice of the peace and 1587 Deputy Lieutenant of Devon. In the general election of 1586 he was elected as a member of Parliament for the Borough of Dartmouth , in the election of 1589 he was elected Knight of the Shire for Devon , probably with the support of his related sheriff George Carey from Clovelly . In the 1590s Carey befriended the powerful Earl of Essex . In the general election in 1593 Carey did not run again because he accompanied Essex to Ireland , where this English commander was in the Nine Years' War . On March 1, 1598, he assumed the office of Deputy Treasurer of Ireland. In the same year his son George , who served in the military in Ireland, was promoted to Knight Bachelor, but this fell in 1599. Carey was treasurer of Ireland in 1599, which he remained until 1606. When Essex returned to England in 1599 Carey stayed in Ireland and was named Lord Justice of Ireland on September 24, 1599, along with Adam Loftus , Anglican Archbishop of Dublin . In 1601 he carried out a coin reform in Ireland. He is said to have enriched himself through embezzlement, which is why he had to answer before the Court of Exchequer . The process dragged on for several years until it was finally discontinued. From May 1603 Carey served as deputy to Lord Lieutenant Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire , with whom he was close friends. When he returned to England, Carey remained as Lord Deputy in Ireland until July 16, 1604. Carey tried to secure English rule and reorganize the administration after the end of the Nine Years War. Despite his own Catholic relatives, he advocated tough measures against Irish Catholics.

Next life

Carey maintained good contacts in south-west England while serving in Ireland. Although he did not stand as a candidate in the general election from 1593, he had good relations with an influential group of citizens in Totnes , which was in dispute with the poorer majority of the population. After the city received a new charter in 1596 , he replaced Richard Sparry as the city's recorder . Since he was bound in Ireland, he left the day-to-day business to a deputy. While Sparry had behaved neutrally as a judge, Carey had the interests of wealthy citizens defended through his representative, for which he maintained a lively correspondence. Carey was also on good terms with Richard Edgcumbe . Edgcumbe married one of Carey's daughters in 1602. She received a handsome dowry of £ 2000 from him. Carey retired to Devon on his return from Ireland. Shortly before his death he was replaced as Deputy Lieutenant by Amias Bampfield because of his frailty .

Family and offspring

Carey had married Wilmot , divorced wife of John Bury of Colyton and daughter and heiress of John Gifford of Yeovil , around 1561 . With her he had two sons and two daughters, including:

  • Sir George Carey († 1599)
  • Anne Carey († before 1608), ⚭ Richard Edgcumbe

After the death of his first wife Carey married Lettice Rich († 1619), a daughter of Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich and his first wife Penelope Devereux . She was a sister of the Earl of Essex and the stepdaughter of Baron Mountjoy. The marriage remained childless.

After his death he was buried in Cockington. Since his children had already died without descendants, his younger brother Richard and his nephew George Cary inherited his estates.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 74.
  2. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 95.
personal data
SURNAME Carey, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cary, George; Carey, Sir George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH around 1541
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1616