Captain Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland (November 1768 – 2 March 1809) was a Scottish peer and Royal Navy officer. Cary was the younger son of

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and his wife Anne. He succeeded his elder brother

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in the peerage in 1796. He commanded HMS ''Busy'', which captured the ''San Telmo'' in the West Indies in 1801. On 25 August 1802, he married Christiana Anton (d. 25 July 1822), by whom he had three sons and one daughter: *

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(1803–1884) *Admiral

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(1806–1886) *Capt. Hon. Byron Charles Ferdinand Plantagenet Cary, RN (5 October 1808 – 21 February 1874) *Hon. Emma Christiana Cary (d. 11 January 1827) Cary reached the rank of

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in 1803. In 1807, while commanding HMS ''Quebec'', Cary took the surrender of the Danish lieutenant commanding the garrison of

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. However, he was dismissed from the ship shortly thereafter, having been convicted at a

court-martial A court-martial or court martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of memb ...

of drunkenness and ungentlemanlike behavior. After a drunken quarrel with Arthur Annesley Powell, the two fought a duel on 28 February 1809, in which Falkland was shot through the groin and mortally wounded. He was taken back to Powell's house, where he died two days later. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

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Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...