William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew

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:

• Patrick Thomas Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew (born 1938)
• Diana Sylvia Conolly-Carew (born 1940) m. 1985 Baron Alexis Petrovich Wrangel (1922–2005), son of Baron Pyotr Wrangel.
• Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew (born 1941)
• Sarah Catherine Conolly-Carew (born 1944)

References

• Who's Who, London: Black, 1945, p. 439.
• Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (eds.) (1990) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages