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Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman 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.
He was knighted by his relative Queen Elizabeth soon after her accession, and was created Baron Hunsdon on 13 Jan. 1558-1559, receiving on 20 March following a grant of the honour of Hunsdon and manor of Eastwick in Hertfordshire, together with other lands in Kent. Hunsdon was prominent in all the court tournaments and jousts of 1559 and 1560.
The monument to Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526-1596) in St John the Baptist's chapel is the tallest in Westminster Abbey, at thirty-six feet high. It is made of alabaster and marble with a considerable display of heraldry, which includes the Carey arms – "argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field" (ie. a silver shield with a black bar diagonally across it from top left to bottom ...
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, by Steven van Herwijck. On 23 July 1596, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Privy Councillor and Lord Chamberlain, died at Somerset House in London.
Brief Life History of Henry. When Henry Carey Fourth Baron of Hunsdon First Earl of Dover was born in 1577, in Newry, County Down, Ireland, his father, Sir John Carey, was 26 and his mother, Mary Hyde, was 21. He married Judith A Pelham on 22 June 1596, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters.
1526 - 1596. Margaretha Von Zuhmen. 1526 - 1596. View all 12 similar people. Surname meaning for CAREY 1ST BARON OF HUNSDON. from Hunsdon (Herts) which is recorded as Honesdone in 1086 and Hunnesdon in 1255. The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Hūn (genitive Hūnes) + Old English dūn ‘hill’. . . .
Baron Hunsdon is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in 1559 in the Peerage of England for the soldier and courtier Henry Carey (pictured here).He was the son of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn and also the mistress to King Henry VIII of England. Historians differ as to whether he was the biological child of Henry VIII, or of Boleyn's husband, Sir William Carey ...
