Eldest son of Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, K.C.B. by a daughter of the late Commissioner Inglefield, R.N.

This officer obtained his first commission on the 30th of Aug. 1820; and subsequently served as flag-lieutenant to his father, at Chatham. He was made a commander, Aug. 3d, 1824; appointed to the Cadmus sloop, on the Plymouth station, April 8th, 1826; and advanced to the rank of captain, April 17th, 1827. Mrs. Carew, to whom he was united in June, 1828, is the daughter of Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, R.N., C.B.