Background
He was born in Dublin, the elder son of Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew and his wife Emily Anne Philips, daughter of Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet.
He was born in Dublin, the elder son of Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew and his wife Emily Anne Philips, daughter of Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was Deputy Lieutenant of County Wexford, residing at the family seat, Castleboro House. Julia was born in Hamilton, Ontario on 9 October 1863. She spent several years as a child in Persia, where her great-uncle was British Minister.
She was educated in England.
A miniature of Julia, by C. Turrell, was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1900. A portrait and sketch of her appeared in "Men and Women of the Day" (London: 1889).
The couple had no children.