Background
His father was first cousin to Elizabeth I of England.
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George Carey
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Education
Trinity College.
Career
In 1560, at the age of 13, George matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge. During the Northern Rebellion of 1569, George was knighted in the field by the Earl of Sussex for bravery. George had challenged Lord Fleming, the commander of Dunbar Castle, to single combat.
George was sent to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight and later assumed command of the Isle"s defenses during the Spanish Armada threat.
In July 1596, when his father died, George became the second Baron Hunsdon, and the following year he was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, a position which had been held by his father. They had one daughter, Elizabeth.
Membership
George served as a member of Parliament in the Commons for several terms (for Hertfordshire in 1571, for Hampshire in 1584, 1586, 1588–1589, 1592).
