Short answers, pulled from the story.
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon was born on the 4th of March 1526 into a family where the line between legitimacy and royal blood was dangerously thin. Contemporary whispers suggested he was not the son of William Carey, but the illegitimate child of King Henry VIII himself.
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon's mother was Mary Boleyn, who had been the King's mistress before her sister Anne became Queen. She secretly eloped with a soldier named William Stafford in 1535 and died seven years later in 1543.
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon was created Baron Hunsdon on the 13th of January 1559 by Elizabeth I. He served as Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners from 1564 to 1568 and later as Lieutenant General of the Queen's forces during the Northern Rebellion of 1569.
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon was appointed Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the 25th of August 1568. He represented the Queen in signing a treaty with Regent Mar on the 23rd of October 1571.
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon began an affair with Emilia Lanier in 1587 when he was 45 years old. Lanier gave birth to Carey's son Henry in 1593, and the marriage to Alfonso Lanier took place on the 18th of October 1592.
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon died in 1596 after serving as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from July 1585 until his death. He received the title of Lord Chamberlain Lieutenant, Principal Captain, and Governor of the army for the defense of the Royal Person on the 20th of July 1588 in Tilbury.