His father was probably Edmund Kean , an architect 's clerk , and his mother was an actress , Anne Carey , daughter of the 18th - century composer and playwright Henry Carey .
Kean was born in Westminster , London .
Kean 's father was Kean   Kean , an architect 's clerk , and his mother was an actress , Anne Carey , daughter of the 18th - century composer and playwright Henry Carey .
Kean was born in Westminster , London .