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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 934 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON See also:HENRY See also:CAREY See also:HUNSDON (c. 1524-1596)  , See also:English soldier and courtier, was a son of See also:William See also:Carey (d . 1529); his See also:mother was See also:Mary (d . 1543), a See also:sister of See also:Anne See also:Boleyn, and he was consequently See also:cousin to See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth . Member of See also:parliament for See also:Buckingham under See also:Edward VI. and Mary, he was knighted in 1J58, was created See also:Baron See also:Hunsdon in 1559, and in 1561 became a privy councillor and a See also:knight of the Garter . In 1568 he became See also:governor of See also:Berwick and See also:warden of the See also:east See also:Marches, and he was largely instrumental in quelling the rising in the See also:north of See also:England in 1569, gaining a decisive victory over Leonard Dacre near See also:Carlisle in See also:February 1570 . Hunsdon received very little See also:money to See also:cover his expenses, but Elizabeth lavished honours upon him, although he did not always carry out her wishes . In 1583 he became See also:lord See also:chamberlain, but he did not relinquish his See also:post at Berwick . Hunsdon was one of the commissioners appointed to try Mary queen of Scots; after Mary's See also:execution he went on a See also:mission to See also:James VI. of See also:Scotland, and when the See also:Spanish See also:Armada was expected he commanded the queen's bodyguard . He died in See also:London, at See also:Somerset See also:House, on the 23rd of See also:July 1 596 . His eldest son, See also:GEORGE (1547-1603), 2nd Baron Hunsdon, was a member of parliament, a diplomatist, a soldier and lord chamberlain . He was also See also:captain-See also:general of the Isle of See also:Wight during the See also:time of the Spanish Armada . He was succeeded by his See also:brother See also:John (d .

1617) . In 1628 John's son See also:

Henry, 4th Baron Hunsdon, was created See also:earl of See also:Dover . This See also:title became See also:extinct cm the See also:death of the 2nd earl, John, in 1677, and a like See also:fate befell the See also:barony of Hunsdon on the death of the 8th baron, William See also:Ferdinand, in See also:June 1765 . Elizabeth, daughter of See also:Sir John See also:Spencer of Althorp, and wife of the 2nd Lord Hunsdon, is celebrated as the patroness of her kinsman, the poet See also:Spenser; and either this See also:lady or her daughter Elizabeth was the author of the Tragedie of Marian (1613) . The 1st lord's youngest son, See also:ROBERT CAREY (c . 1560-1639), was for a See also:long time a member of the English parliament . He 'was frequently employed on the Scottish See also:borders; he announced the death of Elizabeth to James VI. of Scotland; and he was created earl of See also:Monmouth in 1626 . He wrote some interesting See also:Memoirs, first published in 1759 . His son and successor, Henry (1596-166r), is known as a translator of various See also:French and See also:Italian books . The title of earl of Monmouth became extinct on his death in June 1661 .

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