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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 .
27 de mar. de 2024 · Learn about the life, achievements and burial place of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, cousin and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, and his descendants. See the monument, inscription and heraldry in St John the Baptist's chapel.
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27 de abr. de 2022 · Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn, he was a cousin of Elizabeth I.
Baron Hunsdon is a title that has been created three times. It was first created in 1559 in the Peerage of England for the soldier and courtier Henry Carey. His grandson, the fourth Baron, was created by Viscount Rochford in 1621 and Earl of Dover, in the County of Kent, in 1628.
When Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon was born on 4 March 1526, in Hengrave, Suffolk, England, his father, Sir William Carey, was 31 and his mother, Lady Mary Boleyn, was 27. He married Anne Morgan on 21 May 1545. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Anne Morgan, Emilia Bassano
Hunsdon was Elizabeth I's first cousin and a prominent courtier and soldier. He served as governor of Berwick, captain-general of the border, and lord chamberlain, and fought in the Armada campaign.
After receiving a knighthood in November 1558, early in the following year he was created Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, a title probably deriving from his childhood connexion with the royal residence there.
