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He was the third son of Sir Edmund Carew. He graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford in 1522.^[2]

Carew was archdeacon of Totnes from 1534 to 1549, becoming canon of Exeter in 1535 and precentor of Exeter in 1549, and was archdeacon of Exeter from 1556 to 1569. He was dean of Bristol from 5 November 1552, but he was ejected in 1553 under Mary I. He resumed the post on the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 and filled it until 1571. He was also appointed the same year Dean of the Chapel Royal in succession to the Catholic Thomas Thirlby, a post he held until his death. ^[3]

He was also dean of Christ Church, Oxford from 1559 to 1561, dean and canon of Windsor from 1560 to 1577 and dean of Exeter in 1571 to 1583.^[4]

He died on 1 June 1583, and was buried in the church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields.^[4]

References

^ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 p.429
^ Cabell-Chafe Pages 228-254 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
^ Harley, John. The World of William Byrd: Musicians, Merchants and Magnates.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lee 1887.

Attribution: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney (1887). "Carew, George (1555–1629)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 51–53.

v t e Deans of Bristol
Early modern	William Snow John Whiteheare George Carew Henry Joliffe John Sprint Anthony Watson Simon Robson Edward Chetwynd Matthew Nicholas Henry Glemham Richard Towgood Samuel Crossman Richard Thompson William Levett George Royse Robert Booth Samuel Creswicke Thomas Chamberlayne William Warburton Samuel Squire Francis Ayscough Cutts Barton John Hallam
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Predecessors	John Hygdon* John Oliver* John London Richard Cox
Early modern	Richard Cox Richard Marshall George Carew Thomas Sampson Thomas Godwin Thomas Cooper John Piers Tobias Matthew William James Thomas Ravis John King William Goodwin Richard Corbet Brian Duppa Samuel Fell Edward Reynolds John Owen Edward Reynolds George Morley John Fell John Massey Henry Aldrich Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw John Conybeare David Gregory William Markham Lewis Bagot Cyril Jackson
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Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward
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