George Carew (dean)

George Carew (dean)

George Carew (1497/8–1583) was an English churchman who became Dean of Exeter.

Life

He was the third son of . He graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford in 1522.

Carew was from 1534 to 1549, becoming precentor of Exeter in 1549, and was archdeacon of Exeter from 1556 to 1569. He was dean of Bristol from 5 November 1552, but he was ejected in 1553 under Mary I. He resumed the post on the accession of Elizabeth I, and filled it until 1571. He was also dean of Christ Church, Oxford from 1559 to 1661, dean and canon of Windsor, 1560 to 1577, and became dean of Exeter in 1571.

He died in June 1583, and was buried in the church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields.

Family

He married Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Harvey. George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes was a younger son.

References

• Dictionary of National Biography, Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and Earl of Totnes (1555–1629), statesman, by Sidney Lee. Published 1886.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 . London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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