▁Life ▁ ▁John ▁Car ne ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁June ▁ 1 7 8 9 ▁in ▁P enz ance , ▁Corn wall , ▁the ▁fourth ▁son ▁of ▁five ▁known ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁family . ▁His ▁father , ▁William ▁Car ne ▁( 1 7 5 4 - 1 8 3 6 ), ▁was ▁a ▁merchant , ▁min ing ▁agent , ▁ship owner ▁and ▁bank er ▁at ▁P enz ance , ▁where ▁he ▁died ▁on ▁ 4 ▁July ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 8 1 ; ▁William ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 0 ▁Miss ▁Anna ▁C ock , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Francis ▁C ock ▁of ▁Hel ston , ▁who ▁died ▁on ▁ 8 ▁November ▁ 1 8 2 2 . ▁His ▁el dest ▁brother ▁was ▁Joseph ▁Car ne ▁F RS , ▁the ▁noted ▁ge ologist ▁and ▁min eral ▁collect or . ▁ ▁Car ne ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Queens ' ▁College , ▁Cambridge , ▁at ▁different ▁times ▁both ▁before ▁and ▁after ▁his ▁journey ▁to ▁the ▁East , ▁but ▁he ▁never ▁res ided ▁long ▁enough ▁for ▁a ▁degree . ▁He ▁was ▁admitted ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁to ▁de acon ' s ▁orders ▁by ▁Dr ▁Matthew ▁Henry ▁Th orn hill ▁L us com be , ▁the ▁chap lain ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁emb ass y ▁at ▁Paris , ▁and ▁a ▁bishop ▁of ▁the ▁Epis cop al ▁church ▁of ▁Scotland ; ▁but , ▁except ▁during ▁a ▁few ▁months ' ▁residence ▁at ▁Ve vey ▁in ▁Switzerland , ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁offici