Person Open DS/UK/12805 Carew; Lord; William Francis Conolly- (1905-1994); 6th Baron Carew, CBE, C.St.J; British Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda, peer Carew William Francis Conolly- Lord 1905-1994 British Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda, peer Male

William Francis Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew CBE C.St.J (April 23, 1905 - June 27, 1994) was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda, Sir Thomas Astley-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 Gerald Shapland Carew, 5th Baron Carew and Catherine Conolly, daughter of Thomas Conolly, MP, of Castletown, Celbridge, Co.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 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 made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966, and was a Companion of the Order of St. John. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 2/18/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 25a4c158-1b55-4f1a-a12f-91ad5129f709