Oliver Carminow or Carminowe (died 1597), of Fentongollan in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, was an English Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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. He represented St Mawes

St Mawes (UK Parliament constituency)

St Mawes was a rotten borough in Cornwall. It returned two Members of Parliament ) to the House of Commons of England from 1562 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until it was abolished by the Great Reform Act in...

 (1562-3), Truro (1572–81) and Tregony

Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)

Tregony was a rotten borough in Cornwall which was represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, and returned two Members of Parliament to the English and later British Parliament continuously from 1562 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....

 (1586-7). He married Mary Coryton, daughter of Peter Coryton, and left two daughters but no sons. He is said to have inherited great wealth but squandered almost the whole fortune before his death.

He was the son of John Carminow

John Carminow

John Carminow or Carminowe was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Cornwall and Truro ....

, MP.