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 former politician.
The Viscount of Falkland | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 27 April 1984 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 14th Viscount Falkland |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 21 March 2023 [b] | |
| Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
| Succeeded by | The 7th Earl Russell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary 8 May 1935 |
| Nationality | British |
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| Spouse(s) | (1) Caroline Anne Butler; (2) Nicole Mackey |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Wellington College |
Background and education
editCary 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 Falkland viscountcy is the senior viscountcy in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1620 by King James VI.
Cary was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire, and was formerly an officer in the Hussars.[citation needed]
Political career
editCary succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1984 and sat in the House of Lords with the Social Democratic Party, later joining the Liberal Democrats. Following the removal of the majority of hereditary peers under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was one of the ninety-two elected to remain. In 2011 Falkland left the Liberal Democrats and sat as a Crossbencher until his retirement in 2023.[1] He is a supporter of Humanists UK,[citation needed] and has been a vice-president of the Royal Stuart Society since 2015 (his ancestors were ardent Jacobites, and he holds the title of 10th Earl of Falkland in the Jacobite Peerage).
Family
editThe Viscount married Caroline Anne Butler, daughter of Lieut-Cmdr George Butler, in 1962; they were divorced in 1990. They have four children:[2]
- 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:[2]
- Hon. Charles Byron Milburn Cary (born 1992)
Arms
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Notes
edit- ^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
- ^ Retired under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
References
edit- ^ House of Lords, Official Website - Viscount Falkland
- ^ a b Falkland, Viscount of. Cracroft's Peerage. 10 May 2008.