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Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, KG, PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare 's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he was a cousin of Elizabeth I.
Sep 30, 2024 · Henry Carey (born c. 1687, England—died Oct. 4, 1743, London) was an English poet, playwright, and musician chiefly remembered for his ballads, especially “ Sally in Our Alley,” which appeared in a collection of his best poems set to music, called The Musical Century (1737).
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Henry Carey (c. 26 August 1687 – 5 October 1743) was an English poet, dramatist and composer. He is remembered as an anti- Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely praised in the generation after his death.
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The monument was erected between 1600 and 1603 by his widow and son George, and the Latin inscription (which assumes that Anne will later join Henry) can be translated :
Henry was the only son of William Carey (son of Thomas, and grandson of Sir William Carey) who died in 1528, and Mary (died 1543, burial place unknown), sister of Queen Anne Boleyn and daughter of Thomas Boleyn (or Bullen), Earl of Wiltshire (who died in 1539 and is buried at St Peter's church, Hever in Kent near the family home). Mary was a mistre...
Other members of the family buried with Henry and Anne in the vault beneath this chapel include their son George, 2nd Baron Hunsdon(died 8th September 1603) and his wifeElizabeth(Spencer) (buried on 2nd March 1618). He was knighted for military services at Berwick, was a Member of Parliament, Marshal of the Queen's Household, and Knight Marshal and...
In the same chapel is a mural monument with an heraldic achievement toThomas Carey, mentioned above, brother of Henry Carey 2nd Earl of Monmouth. The Latin inscription can be translated: The reference to the execution of Charles Iin January 1649 is given in Old Style dating on the tablet ie.1648. The coats of arms are of Carey, Holland, Beauchamp a...
"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" for William, Henry, Elizabeth and George "The Complete Peerage" under Hunsdon Henry's funeral expenses are recorded in British Library Lansdowne ms. 82. A full account of his funeral is in the Lord Chamberlain 2/1 records at the National Archives. www.historyofparliamentonline.orgfor members of the family. ...
Henry Carey [1], 1687–1743, English author. After the first collection of his poems appeared in 1713, he turned to writing for the stage. Primarily a writer of farce comedy, his greatest success was Chrononhotonthologos (1734), a burlesque on theatrical bombast.
Nothing is known definitely of poet, playwright, and musician Henry Carey’s origins. He was born before the end of 1689, perhaps as early as 1687, probably in Yorkshire. The date is deduced from his probable age at later stages in his life; his birthplace from locales, turns of phrase, and similar evidence of Yorkshire in his writings.
From 1603 Sir Robert’s eldest son Henry was raised in the atmosphere of James I’s court, but his formative years appear to have been those spent travelling abroad, where he developed the fluency in French and Italian that was to be important for his future career.
