HUNSDON, HENRY CAREY, 1ST BARON (c. 1596), English soldier and courtier, was a son of William Carey (d. 1529) ; his mother was Mary (d. a sister of Anne Boleyn, and he was consequently cousin to Queen Elizabeth. Member of parliament for Buckingham under Edward VI. and Mary, he was knighted in 1558, was created Baron Hunsdon in and in 1561 became a privy councillor and a knight of the Garter. In 1568 he became governor of Berwick and warden of the east Marches, and he gained a decisive victory over the north ern rebels under Leonard Dacre near Carlisle in February 1S70. In 1583 he became lord chamberlain, but he did not relinquish his post at Berwick. Hunsdon was one of the commissioners ap pointed to try Mary queen of Scots; after Mary's execution he went on a mission to James VI. of Scotland, and when the Span ish Armada was expected he commanded the queen's bodyguard. He died in London, at Somerset House, on July 23, 1S96.