Sir Edmund Carey was the son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, of Hunsdon was an English nobleman.He was the son of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn and also the mistress to King Henry VIII of England...

 and Ann Morgan. He was the grandson of Mary Boleyn

Mary Boleyn

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, the sister of Queen Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

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Sir Edmund Carey traveled to the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 with Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death...

 in 1585. Edmund Carey was present at the capture of Doesburg

Doesburg

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 and in Zutphen. He was knighted during this campaign by Leicester. When Edmund returned to England he served as vice-admiral and later was appointed as a colonel in his father's army for the defense of Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England

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. He also served for many years in the House of Commons

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He was married three times:

1. Mary Crocker, daugther and heiress of Christopher Crocker. They had several children:

• Sir Robert Carey (1583-1638), Capt of Horse in the Netherlands.
• Sir Ferdinando Carey (1590-1638), married Philippa, daughter of Sir William Throckmorton.
• Thomas Carey
• Catherine Carey, married Francis Rogers
• Anne Carey, married Sir William Uvedale
  William Uvedale
  William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
  
  

2. Elizabeth Neville

Elizabeth Neville

Dame Elizabeth Neville, DBE, QPM, FRSA was the High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 2010. and former Chief Constable of WiltshireShe was appointed Chief Constable of Wiltshire in 1997 and retired from the force on 17 September 2004...

, daughter and co-heiress of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer

John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer

John Nevill or Neville, 4th Baron Latimer or Latymer was an English nobleman of the House of Neville.-Early life:...

and Lucy Somerset. Elizabeth was the widow of Sir John Danvers.

3. Judith Humphrey, daughter of Dr Lawrence Humphrey, Dean of Winchester and the president of Magdalen College in Oxford.