births
May 29, 1555
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English general and administrator (died 1629)
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed President of Munster. He was an authority on heraldry and the author of Carew's Scroll of Arms 1588, Collected from Churches in Devonshire etc., with Additions from Joseph Holland's Collection of Arms 1579.
May 29
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 216 days remain until the end of the year.