carey

Proper noun

Either of several place names in south-west England.
An English habitational surname from either of these placenames.
An Irish surname, anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Ciardha.
A Celtic surname, derived from Carew.
A male given name transferred from the surnames.
A female given name, usually a spelling variant of Cary.

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The insurrection of dissenters (1708-1711), which was headed by Thomas Carey, who was deputy-governor while the trouble was brewing, was in opposition to the establishment of the Church of England; it was ultimately unsuccessful, the Church was established in 1711, a law was passed which deprived Quakers of the privilege of serving on juries or holding public office, and the establishment was continued until the War of Independence.
Thomas Carey, deputy-governor .
Thomas Carey contestants (Carey's rebellion) William Glover Edward Hyde, deputy-governor Thomas Pollock, president of the council.
In 1885 Arthur Douglas Carey and Andrew Dalgleish, following more or less the tracks of Prjevalsky, contributed much that was new to the map of Asia; and in 1886 Captain (afterwards Sir Francis) Younghusband completed a most adventurous journey across the heart of the continent by crossing the Murtagh, the great mountain barrier between China and Kashmir.
Carey and Dalgleish .

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