Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover
- Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover
Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (c. 1580-13 April, 1666) was an English peer.
Carey was the son of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon. In 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire, and represented that county in three successive parliaments until the death of his father elevated him to the House of Lords. He was knighted, as a Knight of the Bath (KB), on 3 June, 1610.
Carey succeeded as 4th Baron Hunsdon on 17 April, 1617. On 6 July, 1621 he was created Viscount Rochford, and on 8 March, 1628 was created Earl of Dover. He acted as Speaker of the House of Lords in 1641, and was Colonel of the regiment of Oxford Scholars between 1644 and 1646.
Lord Dover married twice. His first marriage, before 1608, was to Judith Pelham, daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baronet. On 6 July, 1630 he was married for a second time, to Mary Morris, daughter of Richard Morris, at the church of St Peter Le Poer in London. He died in 1666, and was buried at Hunsdon in Hertfordshire. He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage, John.
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