Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth (15 January 1595 – 13 June 1661) was an English nobleman and translator born in Bolton

Bolton

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, Lancashire, England to Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth

Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth

Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions...

 and Elizabeth Trevannion

Elizabeth Trevannion, Countess of Monmouth

Elizabeth Trevannion, Countess of Monmouth was an English noblewoman born in Cornwall, England to Sir Hugh Trevannion and Sybilla Morgan. Elizabeth Trevannion married first Sir Henry Widdrington of Swinburne Magna, Northumberland in July 1580...

. On 6 November 1652 Henry married Martha Cranfield daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex

Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex

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 and Elizabeth Shepard. Henry and Martha had ten children.

He was created a Knight of the Bath in 1616 and served four terms as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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, representing Camelford

Camelford (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Beverley

Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Tregony

Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and St Mawes

St Mawes (UK Parliament constituency)

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 between 1621 and 1626. He succeeded to his father's earldom in 1639.

His titles became extinct upon his death in Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth

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, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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 on 13 June 1661.

Children

1. Lionel Carey (born about 1622)
2. Henry Carey (1623 – 5 November 1649) married Lady Mary Scrope
3. Lady Anne Carey (ca. 1626 – 15 January 1688/89) married (1) James Hamilton (2) Robert Maxwell
4. Lady Philadelphia Carey (born ca. 1628 – died before June, 1661)
5. Lady Elizabeth Carey (born ca. 1630 – 14 December 1676)
6. Lady Mary Carey (born ca. 1632 – died after 1682) married William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh
   William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh
   William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh, 2nd Earl of Desmond Son of George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond and Bridget Stanhope, daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope...
   
   
7. Lady Trevaniana Carey (born ca. 1634 – died before June, 1661)
8. Lady Martha Carey (born ca. 1635 – 23 January 1705) married John Middleton
   John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton
   John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton was a Scottish army officer, who belonged to a Kincardineshire family which had held lands at Middleton since the 12th century....
   
   
9. Lady Theophila Carey (born ca. 1637 – died before June, 1661)
10. Lady Magdalena Carey (born ca. 1639 – died before June, 1661)

Translated Works

In 1658, Monmouth translated Paolo Paruta's Istoria Veneziana (The History of Venice) from Italian into English, the text was subsequently published in London in the same year.