Carver's father John Carver, of Westminster, was an illegitimate son of John Carver of St' George's, Hanover Square; whose daughter and heiress Mary married John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, as his second wife.
[1][2] Carver was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1759.
[1] He held livings at Dudley, Himley, Hartlebury and Kingswinford; and was Archdeacon of Stafford from 1769 to 1782, and of Surrey from 1795 until his death on 1 August 1814.
[3] His daughter Elizabeth Carver married as his second wife, and survived, Charles Peter Layard.
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