Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary, 15th Viscount of Falkland (born 8 May 1935), styled Master of Falkland from 1961 to 1984, is a British nobleman and politician.

Background and education

Cary is the eldest of four children, and the only son of Lucius Cary, 14th Viscount of Falkland, and Constance Mary Berry, daughter of Captain Edward Berry. The

Viscount of Falkland Viscount Falkland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Referring to the royal burgh of Falkland in Fife, it was created in 1620, by King James VI, for Sir Henry Cary, who was born in Hertfordshire and had no previous connection to Scotla ...

is the senior viscountcy in the

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, created in 1620 by

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. Cary was educated at

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in Berkshire, and was formerly an officer in the

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Political career

Cary succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1984 and sat in the

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with the

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, later joining the Liberal Democrats. Following the removal of the majority of hereditary peers under the

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, he was one of the ninety-two elected to remain. In 2011 Falkland left the Liberal Democrats and now sits as a

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.House of Lords, Official Website - Viscount Falkland
/ref> He is a supporter of

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, and has been a Vice-President of the

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since 2015 (his ancestors were ardent Jacobites, and he holds the title of 10th Earl of Falkland in the Jacobite Peerage).

Family

The Viscount married Caroline Anne Butler, daughter of Lieut-Cmdr George Butler, in 1962; they were divorced in 1990. They have four children:Falkland, Viscount of
Cracroft's Peerage. 10 May 2008. * The Hon. Lucius Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963) *Hon. Camilla Anne Cary (1965–1972) *Hon. Samantha Camilla Cary (born 1973) *Hon. Lucinda Mary Cary (born 1974) He was married again in 1990 to Nicole Mackey, with whom he has one child: *Hon. Charles Byron Milburn Cary (born 1992)

Arms

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Falkland, Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount 1935 births Living people British humanists Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Liberal Democrats (UK) hereditary peers 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers Social Democratic Party (UK) hereditary peers Earls in the Jacobite peerage Viscounts Falkland