Constantine Phipps Carey

Carey was born in Cape Colony, the son of James Carey, of Guernsey.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[3] He also served as a member of the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal until his death.^[5]

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,^[6] and invested by King Edward VII on 17 December 1901.^[7]

Carey married, in 1874, Isabela Margarita Shirley, daughter of Henry Shirley, Grenadier Guards, of Peppingford, Sussex.^[3] Among their children were:

• Captain Leicester William Le Marchant Carey (d. 1914), killed during the First World War.^[8]
• Constance Isabel Carey (d. 1950)