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Reginald Pole Carew (28 July 1753 – 3 January 1835) was a British politician.
Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew was born the son of Reginald Pole and Anne Buller of Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon. He was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford and entered the Middle Temple in 1770. He lived at Antony House, Cornwall.
Career
In 1782 he became MP for Penryn, in 1787 he became MP for Reigate and in 1790 he became MP for Lostwithiel. Then in 1796 he became MP for Fowey, giving up the seat in 1799 on taking Crown office as an Auditor of Public Accounts, but resuming his seat in 1802. In August 1803, he became Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department and in January 1805 was made a Privy Counsellor. In 1812 he became MP for Lostwithiel. .
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1788.
Art collection
Carew was a personal friend of Sir Joshua Reynolds who painted his portrait. He formed a substantial collection of etchings by Rembrandt, which were sold after his death by Benjamin Wheatley in London, 13–15 May 1835. Among the buyers was the British Museum who bought several examples.
Marriages and issue
He married Jemima Yorke, the daughter of Hon. John Yorke and Elizabeth Lygon, on 18 November 1784. Their children were:
Harriet Carew d. 4 Mar 1877, married John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans
Caroline Pole-Carew, married James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt
He married, secondly, Hon. Caroline Anne Lyttelton, daughter of William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley and Caroline Bristow, on 4 May 1808. Their children were:
Frances Antonia Pole-Carew d. 27 Feb 1889
William Henry Pole-Carew b. 30 Jul 1811, d. 20 Jan 1888
He died on 3 January 1835 at age 81.
References
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- Reginald Pole Carew
- Sir John Carew Pole, 12th Baronet
- Pole Baronets of Shute House (1628)
- Reginald Pole-Carew (British Army officer)
- William Pole-Carew
- Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet
- Antony House
- Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
- John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans
- 8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
