 In 1831 he moved to a studio in Brighton, to be nearer Petworth House, home of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont who was his main patron from the mid-1820s until the earl's death in 1837.Carew later moved to Grove House near Petworth.When Egremont died leaving no provision for him in his will, the sculptor sued the earl's executors for £30,000.