Constantine Phipps Carey

Major-General Constantine Phipps Carey, CB, RE (1835 - 7 December 1906), was a British Army officer and later Chief Engineer to the Local Government Board.

Biography

Carey was born in 1835, the son of James Carey, of Guernsey.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in August 1854, promoted to lieutenant on 14 November 1854, to captain on 17 May 1860, and to major on 5 July 1872. Senior command followed when he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 5 December 1877, to colonel on 5 December 1881, and finally to major-general on 5 December 1882, on his retirement from the Royal Engineers.[2]

In 1885 he was appointed Engineering Inspector of the Local Government Board, a post he held for 12 years, until he became Chief Engineer to the board in 1897, serving as such until June 1901.[1] He also served as a member of the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal until his death.[3]

Following his retirement from the Local Government Board, he was appointed a Companion (civil) of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the November 1901 Birthday Honours list,[4] and invested by King Edward VII on 17 December 1901.[5]

Family

Carey married, in 1874, Isabela Margarita Shirley, daughter of Henry Shirley, Grenadier Guards, of Peppingford, Sussex.[1] Among their children were:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Obituary" The Times (London). Saturday, 8 December 1906. (38198), p. 12.
  2. ↑ Hart´s Army list, 1905
  3. ↑ The Times (London). Saturday, 5 January 1907. (38222), p. 9.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27376. p. 7291. 12 November 1901.
  5. ↑ "Court Circular" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 December 1901. (36641), p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Fallen officers" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 October 1915. (40999), p. 11.
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