Martin Thomas Carey (March 23, 1922 – June 16, 2020) was an American entrepreneur and preservationist. He was a younger brother of New York Governor Hugh Carey. Early life Carey was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 23, 1922. He was the second youngest of six sons born to Margaret (née Collins) Carey and Dennis Joseph Carey Sr. Among his siblings were brothers, Edward M. Carey (president of Carey Energy Corporation), Dennis J. Carey Jr. (president of the family firm), Hugh L. Carey (a former U.S. Representative who served as Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982), John R. Carey and George G. Carey. His younger brother, George, a securities analyst, was killed in a plane crash in 1959. He attended St. Augustine's School in the Bronx and St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens before attending St. John's University. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he earned the honor of being the youngest Naval Captain during the war. He served as captain of an oil tanker transporting gasoline for the Army between England and France. Career After returning from the Western Front he attended Fordham University and became a marine manager and joined Peerless Petrochemicals (formerly Peerless Oil Company), the petroleum transport business founded by his parents, eventually becoming a partner and a harbor pilot. Carey later formed his own company, Marine Transport Company, known as MTC, with partner Raymond Connelly. MTC operated two barges and two tugs in the New York harbor. Carey was also the owner of the Petroleum Combustion Corporation, a company he acquired in 1955 that supplies gasoline octane boosters and other additives for heating oil. In 1975, Carey, who was described as short, dark haired and amiable, formed Petroleum Combustion International Inc. with Bruce Biersack to open a string of independent service stations known as Gas Value on Long Island. He also owned various real estate parcels ranging from the Matatuck terminal for petroleum products in Suffolk County and his family's summer home on Long Beach. A trained Operatic tenor, Carey founded the Brooklyn Opera Company. Historic preservation Along with his wife Millicent, Carey worked to preserve and restore Historic mansions of the Gilded Age on the Gold Coast of Long Island and in Newport, Rhode Island. They bought a 22-room house in Lloyd Harbor, New York before purchasing Winfield Hall set on 16 acres in