Thomas Carey was an English

English people

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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The second son of 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...

, he represented Helston

Helston (UK Parliament constituency)

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 (1624–25), Tregony

Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)

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 (1625–26) and St Mawes

St Mawes (UK Parliament constituency)

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 (1628–29). He lived at Sunninghill Park

Sunninghill Park

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 in Berkshire

Berkshire

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 and died in 1634, and was buried in Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

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. His widow, Margaret, daughter of the Master of Requests

Court of Requests

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, Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith (judge)

Sir Thomas Smith , was the English master of requests.-Family and identity:Smith was born at Abingdon in Berkshire , about 1556. He was the son of Thomas Smith, who is almost certainly to be identified with the Thomas Smith who was Mayor of Abingdon in 1584...

 of Abingdon

Abingdon, Oxfordshire

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, Berkshire

Berkshire

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 (now Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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) & Parson's Green, Middlesex

Middlesex

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, remarried Sir Edward Herbert of Aston, Montgomeryshire

Montgomeryshire

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 and became the mother of Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington

Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington

Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington was a British admiral and politician of the late 17th and early 18th century. Cashiered as a rear-admiral by James II of England in 1688 for refusing to vote to repeal the Test Act, which prevented Catholics from holding offices, he brought the Invitation to...

 and Sir Edward Herbert

Edward Herbert (judge)

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, the Lord Chief Justice.