Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew

Robert Shapland George Julian Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (15 June 1860 – 29 April 1923), was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer.

Early life and education Carew was born in Dublin, the elder son of Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew, and his wife Emily Anne Philips, daughter of Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Later life Carew inherited the baronies and a seat in the House of Lords upon the death of his father in 1881. He was Deputy Lieutenant of County Wexford, residing at the family seat, Castleboro House.

Marriage

Carew married Julia Mary Lethbridge, daughter of Albert Arthur Erin Lethbridge and Jane Hill, on 27 June 1888 at St George's, Hanover Square, London.

Julia was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on 9 October 1863. She spent several years as a child in Persia, where her great-uncle Charles Alison (1810–1872) 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 Carew Spinel of the Mughal emperors bought in Persia by her relative was bequeathed to the V&A in 1922 by Lady Carew.

The couple had no children.

Death Lord Carew died in April 1923 at the age of 62. As he had no son, the baronies passed to his younger brother George.