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Patrick Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew
Patrick Thomas Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew (6 March 1938 – 18 December 2024), was an Irish equestrian and hereditary peer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] BackgroundConolly-Carew was born as the eldest child to William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew, and his wife, Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva (née) Maitland, daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale. He died in Maynooth on 18 December 2024, at the age of 86.[2][3] EquestrianismConolly-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] PoliticsAs 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.[4] FamilyThe 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:
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