Background
Carey was the son of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon.
Carey was the son of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon.
Cambridge University awarded him an honorary Master of Arts in 1607. 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, a title previously held by his great-great-grandfather Thomas Boleyn, 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. Henry Carey died in 1666, and was buried at Hunsdon in Hertfordshire.
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