Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet


Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet of Haccombe in Devon, was a member of the landed gentry of Devonshire.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Carew, 6th Baronet of Haccombe, by his wife Jane Smallwood, a daughter of Rev. James Smallwood.

Marriage and children

In 1806 he married Elizabeth Palk, only surviving daughter and sole heiress of Walter Palk, of Marley House in the parish of Rattery, Devon, a Member of Parliament for his family's Pocket Borough of Ashburton in Devon from 1796 to 1811, Sheriff of Devon and in 1798 a Captain in the Ashburton Volunteer Militia. By his wife he had children including:
He died on 31 October 1830 and was buried in the family vault beneath St Blaise's Church, Haccombe, next to Haccombe House, which church was a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury and was served by an archpriest who was not subject to the authority of the Bishop of Exeter as were all other parish priests in Devonshire. His monument survives at the east end of the north aisle, consisting of a chest tomb within an Easter sepulchre-type niche, beneath a stained glass window. The top of the chest tomb is a slab of polished Purbeck marble engraved in Latin in Gothic text as follows, in imitation of mediaeval monuments:
Which may be translated as:
Above is a three-light lancet window, the middle one displaying the arms of his ancestors who all held Haccombe successively, namely de Haccombe, Archdeckne, Courtenay and Carew.