Patrick Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew

Patrick Thomas Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew (born 6 March 1938), in an Irish equestrian and hereditary peer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Background
Conolly-Carew was born as the eldest child to William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew, and his wife, Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva (née) Maitland, the daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale.

Equestrianism
Conolly-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.

Politics
As 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.

Family
The 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:
 * Hon. Virginia Mary Conolly-Carew (born 1965), married Neil S. McGrath in 1985. An equestrian like her father, she participated in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
 * Hon. Nicola Rosamond Conolly-Carew (born 1966)
 * Hon. Camila Sylvia Conolly-Carew (born 1969)
 * Hon. William Patrick Conolly-Carew (born 1973), heir apparent to the baronies