George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
English soldier and administrator (1555-1629)
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (29 May 1555 – 27 March 1629), known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed President of Munster. He was an authority on heraldry and the author of Carew's Scroll of Arms 1588, Collected from Churches in Devonshire etc., with Additions from Joseph Holland's Collection of Arms 1579.
Origins
George Carew's paternal family were well known in Devonshire. His father was Dr. George Carew, Dean of Windsor. The dean was the third son of Sir Edmund Carew, Baron Carew, of Mohuns Ottery in the parish of Luppitt, Devon, and his wife Catharine Huddesfield. Catherine was co-heiress of her father Sir William Huddesfield of Shillingford St George in Devon, who was Attorney General for England and Wales to Kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Henry VII (1485–1509).
George Carew's mother was Anne Harvey (d. 1605), daughter of Sir Nicholas Harvey. Carew succeeded his elder brother Sir Peter Carew (d.
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