Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (c. 1707 – 27 February 1785) was a Scottish peer.
Cary was the son of
Lucius Cary, 6th Viscount Falkland
Lucius Henry Cary, 6th Viscount Falkland (27 August 1687 – 31 December 1730) was a Scottish peer and Jacobite.
Cary was the son of Edward Cary (1656–1692), of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, and his wife Anne, the eldest daughter of Charles Lucas, ...
and his first wife, Dorothy. He succeeded to the peerage in 1730 when his father, a loyal
Jacobite (and an earl in the
Jacobite peerage) died in Paris.
On 6 April 1734, Falkland married Jane, Viscountess Villiers (d. December 1751), the daughter of Richard Butler and widow of his first cousin, James, Viscount Villiers. They had one son and five daughters:
*
Lucius Cary, Master of Falkland
(Lucius) Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1 February 1963), is an English screenwriter, producer, and ex-soldier.
Life and career
Cary was born in Hammersmith, London, to Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount of Falkland, and Carolin ...
(1735–1780)
*Hon. Jane Cary (1736–1808)
*Hon. Mary Elizabeth Cary (1738 – 1 October 1783), married Rev.
John Law
John Law may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John Law (artist) (born 1958), American artist
* John Law (comics), comic-book character created by Will Eisner
* John Law (film director), Hong Kong film director
* John Law (musician) (born 1961) ...
(d. 1827)
*Hon. Frances Dorothy Cary (d. 1761), married
William Plumer
William Plumer (June 25, 1759December 22, 1850) was an American lawyer, Baptist lay preacher, and politician from Epping, New Hampshire. He is most notable for his service as a Federalist in the United States Senate (1802–1807), and the sevent ...
on 12 July 1760
*Hon. Mary Cary
*Hon. Charlotte Cary, married Anthony Chapman
On 10 October 1752, Falkland married
Sarah, Countess of Suffolk (d. 27 May 1776), the daughter of
Thomas Inwen
Thomas Inwen (died 1743), of St. Saviour's, Southwark was a British brewer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1743.
Inwen was a Southwark brewer. He married Sarah Hucks, daughter of William Hucks brewer of St. Giles's-in ...
and widow of
Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk. They had no children.
Falkland's only son predeceased him in 1780, so when he died in 1785, he was succeeded by his grandson
Henry Cary, 8th Viscount Falkland
Henry Thomas Cary, 8th Viscount Falkland (27 February 1766 – 28 May 1796), styled Master of Falkland from 1780 to 1785, was a Scottish peer and British Army officer.
Cary was the elder son of Lucius Cary, Master of Falkland and his wife Anne. H ...
.
References
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1700s births
1785 deaths
Earls in the Jacobite peerage
Viscounts Falkland
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