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William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew

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William Francis Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew, CBE, C.St.J (23 April 1905 – 27 June 1994), was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda, Sir Thomas Cubbitt, between 1931 and 1936.

Born William Francis Carew, he assumed the additional surname of Conolly by deed poll in 1938. He was the son of the 5th Baron Carew and Catherine Conolly, daughter of Thomas Conolly of Castletown, Celbridge, County Kildare. Upon the death of his father in 1927 he inherited the title of Baron Carew in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (cr. 1838) and also in the Peerage of Ireland (cr.1834).

Lord Carew was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was gazetted into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1925 and served during the Second World War as a captain, reaching the brevet rank of major.

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966 and was also a Companion of the Order of St. John.

In 1937, Carew married Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva Maitland (1913–1991), a daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale and his wife Ethel Mary (née Bell-Irving). They had issue:

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Carew
2nd creation
1927–1994
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Carew
3rd creation
1927–1994
Member of the House of Lords
(1927–1994)
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