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George Carew, the son of George Carew, dean of Windsor, had in 1574 gone to Ireland as a soldier and distinguished himself in 1577 in defending Leighlin Castle, County Carlow, from the Irish rebels.
Well liked by Elizabeth and the powerful Cecil family, he is in 1586 knighted and made master of the ordnance in Ireland.