William Carey
18 November 1769 -
13 September 1846

Education

Carey, in 1784, was elected a king's scholar at Westminster, and in 1788 he became the captain of his school. In 1789 he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1796 he took his M.A. and became a tutor of his college. Carey was made Headmaster of Westminster in January 1803, a position he held for nearly twelve years. He took his B.D. in 1804 and was given his D.D. in 1807.

Church Appointments and Service

From 1796 until 1801, Carey held the incumbency of Cowley in Oxfordshire. In 1801, at the close of his academical career, he became preacher at Whitehall Chapel. In the following year and in 1804, he received prebendary stalls in York Cathedral. In the latter year he was also instituted to the vicarage of Sutton-in-the-Forest. In 1809, he was made a prebend of Westminster. Carey was elevated to the See of Exeter in 1820, from which he was transferred, in 1830, to the See of St. Asaph.

Noteworthy Publications

"Carey was the author of three sermons, long since forgotten."

Footnote

"The administration of the diocese [of Exeter] by the former occupant of the see had not been marked by an excess of zeal, and the energy with which Carey threw himself into his new labours was much praised." -- DNB 3: 986-87