Carew Raleigh

This article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's brother. For his namesake and nephew, Sir Walter's son, see Carew Raleigh (1605-1666)

Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (c. 1550 – c. 1625), elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, was an English naval commander who served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in 1578, and was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion in 1586; from 1591 to 1603 he was Vice-Admiral of Dorset. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in 1586-7, Ludgershall in 1588-9, Fowey in 1601 and Downton in 1604-11 and 1621-2. He was knighted in 1601, and was Lieutenant of the Isle of Portland.

For a period, Raleigh was gentleman of the horse to John Thynne of Longleat, and after Thynne's death he married his widow Dorothy. Their sons included Walter Raleigh, DD, who became Dean of Wells.

References

Dictionary of National Biography (entry under Sir Walter Ralegh)
Browne Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria (London, 1750) [1]

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Preceded by Sir Christopher Hatton	Vice-Admiral of Dorset 1591–1603	Succeeded by Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon

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Name	Raleigh, Carew
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Short description	English politician
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