Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet

lions passant in pale sable^[1]

Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet (1779–1830) of Haccombe in Devon, was a member of the landed gentry of Devon.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Carew, 6th Baronet (c. 1755–1805) of Haccombe, by his wife Jane Smallwood, a daughter of Rev. James Smallwood.^[2] According to the Parish Register his parents married in Kirkoswald, Cumberland "1777, June 19th. S’r Thomas Carew of Haccomb in the county of Devon & Diocese of Exeter Bart. and Jane Smalwood of this parish."

Marriage and children

heraldic achievement of Carew (with canton Red Hand of Ulster) with inescutcheon of pretence

of Palk (Sable, an eagle displayed argent beaked and legged or a bordure engrailed of the second)

In 1806 he married Elizabeth Palk (1786-1862), only surviving daughter and sole heiress of

By his wife he had children including:

• Sir Walter Palk Carew, 8th Baronet (1807–1874) of Haccombe, eldest son and heir, whose own son Capt. Walter Palk Carew (1838-1873), Royal Horse Guards, predeceased his father by one year without children.^[6]
• Henry Carew (1808-1871), 2nd son, father of Sir Henry Palk Carew, 9th Baronet (1870–1934).^[7]
• Thomas Carew (1810-1876), 3rd son, who married Charlotte Curtis, a daughter of
  County of Middlesex
  .
• Rev. Robert Palk Carew (1818-1875), 4th son, Vicar of Rattery, who married Charlotte Hornsby, widow of rev. R.C. Clifton, a Canon of Manchester and rector of Somerton, Oxford.^[9]

Death, burial & monument

chest tomb

of Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet, Haccombe Church

He died on 31 October 1830 and was buried in the family vault beneath St Blaise's Church, Haccombe, next to Haccombe House, which church was a

engraved in Latin in Gothic text as follows, in imitation of mediaeval monuments:

Hic jacet in crypta aborum sepultus Henricus Carew Baronettus qui obiit XXXI die Octobris anno d(omi)ni MDCCCXXX (a)etatis su(a)e LI. Hic etiam cum marito jacet Domina Elizabetha Carew Gualteri Palk de Marley armigeri filia haeresque quae obiit VII die Martis (sic) anno d(omi)ni MDCCCLXII aetatis suae LXXVI

Which may be translated as:

"Here lies buried in the crypt ..... Henry Carew, Baronet, who died on the 31st day of October in the year of our Lord 1830 (in the year) of his age 51. Here also with her husband lies Lady Elizabeth Carew, daughter and heiress of Walter Palk of Marley, Esquire, who died on the 7th day of March in the year of our Lord 1862 (in the year) of her age 76".

Above is a three-light lancet window, the middle one displaying the arms of his ancestors who all held Haccombe successively, namely (from top to bottom) de Haccombe, Archdeckne, Courtenay and Carew.

References

Baronetage of England
Preceded by Thomas Carew	Baronet (of Haccombe) 1805–1830	Succeeded by Walter Carew