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The Cary family (also Carey) is an English aristocratic family with a branch in Ireland. The earliest known ancestor of the family is Sir Adam de Kari who was living in 1198. [ 2 ] Sir John Cary (died 1395) purchased the Manor of Clovelly in the 14th century [ 3 ] and established the family's status as members of the landed gentry .
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, KG, PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596) was an English peer and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men , William Shakespeare 's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn , he was a cousin of Elizabeth I .
His father was the son of Sir John Cary (d. 9 September 1552) and wife Joyce Denny (d. from 10 November 1560 to 30 January 1561) and nephew of Sir William Carey. He entered Gray's Inn in 1590 and entered Exeter College, Oxford in 1593 at the age of sixteen. [2] According to Wood, by the aid of a good tutor Cary became highly accomplished.
This family page refers to the branches of the Cary family originally of Cockington, Devon, particularly coming into prominence in the 16th century with the creation of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon in 1559. Apart from the branch of Cary, Viscounts Falkland, this family is now extinct.
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon KG (1547 – 9 September 1603) was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan. His father was first cousin to Elizabeth I of England. In 1560, at the age of 13, George matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge. [1] Arms of Sir George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, KG
The title was created in 1620 by King James VI for Sir Henry Cary, a member of the Cary family. He was born in Hertfordshire and had no previous connection to Scotland. He was made Lord Cary at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. His son, the second Viscount, was a prominent statesman.
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (ca. 1560 – 12 April 1639) (or "Cary") was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, chamberlain and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596). He was ennobled by Queen Elizabeth I just after her coronation and created Knight of the Garter in 1561. When Henry was dying, Elizabeth offered him the Boleyn family title, Earl of Ormonde, which he had long sought, but he refused the honour.