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Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth

Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (ca. 1560 – 12 April 1639) (or "Cary") was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, chamberlain and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Monmouth

c. 1560

12 April 1639 (aged 78–79)

Elizabeth Trevannion

Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
Thomas Carey
Philadelphia Carey

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Anne Morgan

(1596–1661)

Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth

(1598–1634). Thomas married Margaret Smith, daughter of Thomas Smith.

Thomas Carey

Lady (died in c. 1654/5), married to Sir Thomas Wharton. She was the mother of the 4th Baron Wharton.

Philadelphia Carey

Robert Carey married Elizabeth Trevannion, the daughter of Sir Hugh Trevannion and Sybilla Morgan, on 20 Aug 1593. They were first cousins, with Robert's mother Anne, being the elder sister of Sybilla. They had three children:[7][8]

Historical fiction[edit]

Patricia Finney, writing as P.F. Chisholm, has written a series of historical mysteries featuring Sir Robert Carey, set during his time as Deputy Lord Warden of the Marches.


An elderly Robert Carey, supposedly speaking in 1626, narrates portions of George Garrett's novel ‘'The Succession'’.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Monmouth, Robert Carey, 1st Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

public domain

, ed. (1887). "Carey, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Stephen, Leslie

Loomie, A. J. "Carey, Robert, first earl of Monmouth (1560–1639)". (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4656. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography