Cary Elwes's family is remarkable for the number of its connections to artistic individuals. Below is a partial list of some of these connections, together with their relations to Cary. The ancestors and uncles can be found in the ahentafel (ancestry) chart; the charts showing the relations to the cousins follow this.
Painters:
(Bede Evelyn) Dominic Elwes [father]
Simon Paul Vincent Cary Elwes [grandfather]
Thomas Charles Farrer [great great grandfather]
Henry Farrer [great great great uncle]
Thomas Farrer (Jr.) [great great great grandfather]
Thomas Farrer (Sr.) [great great great great grandfather]
William John Thompson [great great great great uncle]
Authors:
Katherine (Byerly) Thomson [great grandmother]
William Makepeace Thackeray [2nd cousin, 4 times removed]
George Gordon, Lord Byron [5th cousin, 4 times removed; and 5th cousin, 6 times removed]
John Kennedy, D.D. [great great great grandfather]
Henry Swinburne [great great great great great grandfather]
James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell [great grandfather]
Vane Ivanovic [great uncle]
Henry Feilding [2nd cousin, 8 times removed]
Architects / Designers:
Tessa Georgina Kennedy [mother]
James Hunter [great great great great great grandfather]
Musicians (singers and composers):
Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes [great grandfather]
Ralph Vaughan Williams [twice 4th cousin, 3 times removed]
Actors:
Ralph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Potters:
Josiah Wedgwood [great great great great great great uncle]
