Background
George Carew was the second son of Thomas Carew. He was born in United Kingdom.
George Carew was the second son of Thomas Carew. He was born in United Kingdom.
George Carew was educated at Oxford.
At the recommendation of Queen Elizabeth, who conferred on him the honour of knighthood, George Carew was appointed secretary to Sir Christopher Hatton, and afterwards, having been promoted to a mastership in chancery, was sent as ambassador to the king of Poland.
In the reign of James he was employed in negotiating the treaty of union with Scotland, and for several years was ambassador to the court of France.
On his return he wrote a Relation of the State of France, with sketches of the leading persons at the court of Henry IV.
It is written in the classical style of the Elizabethan age, and was appended by Dr Birch to his Historical View of the Negotiations between the Courts of England, France and Brussels, from 1 to 1617.
George Carew married Thomazine.