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GEORGE CAREW (d. about 1613)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 328 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:CAREW (d. about 1613)  , See also:English diplomatist and historian, second son of See also:Sir Wymond See also:Carew of Antony, was educated at See also:Oxford, entered the Inns of See also:Court, and passed' some years in See also:continental travel . At the recommendation of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, who conferred on him the See also:honour of See also:knighthood, he was appointed secretary to Sir See also:Christopher See also:Hatton, and after-wards, having been promoted to a ''mastership in See also:chancery, was sent as See also:ambassador to the See also:king of See also:Poland . In the reign of See also:James he was employed in negotiating the treaty of See also:union with See also:Scotland, and for several years was ambassador to the court of See also:France . On his return he wrote a Relation of the See also:State of France, with sketches of the leading persons at the court of See also:Henry IV . It is written in the classical See also:style of the Elizabethan See also:age, and was appended by Dr See also:Birch to his See also:Historical View of the Negotiations between the Courts of See also:England, France and See also:Brussels, from 1592 to 1617 . Much of the See also:information regarding Poland contained in De See also:Thou's See also:History of His Own Times was furnished by Carew .

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