Background
CAREW, Reginald Pole was born on May 1, 1849 in Antony, Cornwall. Son of late W. H. Pole Carew, of Antony, and Frances Anne, daughter of John Buller, of Morval.
CAREW, Reginald Pole was born on May 1, 1849 in Antony, Cornwall. Son of late W. H. Pole Carew, of Antony, and Frances Anne, daughter of John Buller, of Morval.
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford.
Served in Coldstream Guards, 1869-1899. Private secretary to Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor New South Wales, 1876-1877. Aide-de-camp to Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1878-1879.
To Sir Frederick Roberts, Afghan war, 1879-1880. To Sir Frederick Roberts, South Africa, 1881. To Duke of Connaught, Egypt, 1882.
Military Secretary to Sir Frederick Roberts, Madras, 1884-1885. Military Secretary to Sir Frederick Roberts, com.-in-chief, India, 1885-1890. Commanded 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, 1895-1899.
Commanded consecutively 9tli Brigade and Guards’ Brigade, and 11th Division South Africa (despatches twice, promoted MajorGeneral, King’s Counsel B.). Contested Pembroke Boroughs Conservative, 1906. Bodmin Division, 1910.
Decorated: Afghan War, 1879-SO, three clasps. March to Kandahar; Egypt, 1882 (Medjidie, 4th class, Khedive’s star). Burma, 1886; Companion of the Bath.
Jubilee medal, 1897; South Africa, five clasps. Knight Commander of the Bath, V.O. Coronation medal, 1902.
Commanding 8th Division 3rd Army Corps, 1903-1905. ; Justice of the Peace of Antony.
Clubs: Marlborough, Turf, Travellers’, Pratt’s, Carlton.
Hunting, shooting, etc.
Spouse 1901, Lady Beatrice Butler, daughter of 3rd Marquis of Ormonde. Heir: John Gawen.
Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1900; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Lieutenant - General; Sir.