The Right Honourable
The Lord Carew
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
27 June 1994 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 6th Baron Carew
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a] 
Personal details
Born
Patrick Thomas Conolly-Carew

(1938-03-06) 6 March 1938 (age 86)
Political partyCrossbench
Sports career
NationalityIrish
SportEquestrian
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Ireland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1962 Burghley Team eventing

Patrick Thomas Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew (born 6 March 1938), in an Irish equestrian and hereditary peer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

Background

Conolly-Carew was born as the eldest child to William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew, and his wife, Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva (née) Maitland, the daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale.

Equestrianism

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Conolly-Carew participated in the European Eventing Championships at Burghley in 1962, where he was part of the team that won the silver medal in team eventing. He also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he finished 38th in the individual eventing and was part of the team that finished 9th in the team eventing.[1]

Politics

As his title of Baron Carew had been created in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, he could sit as a member of the House of Lords from the death of his father, the 6th Baron, in 1994 until his seat was abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999. He sat as a crossbencher.[2]

Family

The Hon. Patrick Conolly-Carew, as he was then, married Celia Mary Cubitt on 30 April 1962. She is the granddaughter of Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe. They have four children:

Notes

  1. ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patrick Connolly-Carew Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Lord Carew". House of Lords. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Peerage of Ireland Preceded byWilliam Conolly-Carew Baron Carew 2nd creation1994–present IncumbentHeir apparent:Hon. William Conolly-Carew Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byWilliam Conolly-Carew Baron Carew 3rd creation1994–present Member of the House of Lords(1994–1999) IncumbentHeir apparent:Hon. William Conolly-Carew



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