Carew Reynell (politician)

Sir Carew Reynell (1563 – 7 September 1624) was an English courtier, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622.

He was the queen’s printer in Greek and Latin until 1597 when he sailed with the Earl of Essex on the Islands Voyage, possibly commanding the Foresight.

Later he went with Essex to Ireland, where he led a troop of foot and held the fort of Duncannon, Wexford "a place of great importance".

[2] In 1601 Reynell was elected MP for Lancaster, He was keeper of mansion house at Dartford, Kent in 1603 and became a Gentleman Usher of the privy chamber to King James I.

[2] Reynell married after 1593, Susan Erneley, widow of Michael Erneley of Bishops Canning, Wiltshire and previously of Sir John Marvyn, and daughter of Walter Hungerford, of Farleigh Castle, Somerset and Hungerford, Wiltshire, but had no children.