Totnes, George Carew, Earl of, 1555-1629
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Totnes, George Carew, Earl of, 1555-1629
Other forms of name
G. C. (George Carew), 1555-1629
C., G. (George Carew), 1555-1629
Carew, George, Earl of Totnes, 1555-1629
Carew of Clopton, George Carew, Baron, 1555-1629
Date of birth
1555-05-29
Date of death
1629-05-27
Gender
male
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Salisbury, R.C. Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew, 1864.
- InU/Wing STC files(usage: G.C.)
- DNB(Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and Earl of Totnes, 1555-1629; statesman)
- LC data base, 4/18/86(hdg.: Totnes, George Carew, Earl of, 1555-1629)
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Wikipedia description:
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.
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