Lucy Cary (1619 – 1650) was an English

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nun and biographer.

Biography

Lucy Cary was born in 1619 to Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, and Elizabeth Cary. She was fourth of eleven children and one of her sisters was

Anne Cary Anne Cary (baptised 14 October 1614 – 1671) was a British Benedictine nun who founded 'Our Lady of Good Hope Convent' in Paris. Life Cary was the daughter of Elizabeth Cary (who was the first woman to publish an original play in English) ...

, the writer. Cary's mother converted to Catholicism in 1626 and Cary converted in 1634, guided by Father

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, their mother's confessor. Cary was sent to

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. She joined the 'Our Lady of Consolation' convent at

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31 August 1638 and professed in 1640. Cary wrote a biography of her mother entitled ''The Lady Falkland: Her Life by One of Her Daughters''. Cary died in Flanders on 1 November 1650.

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