Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland (original) (raw)
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British Viscount (born 1935)
| The Right HonourableThe 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 |
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| Born | Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary (1935-05-08) 8 May 1935 (age 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Social Democratic PartyLiberal DemocratsCrossbench |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Caroline Anne Butler;(2) Nicole Mackey |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Wellington College |
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.
Background and education
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Cary is the youngest of three 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_]
Cary 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).
The 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 1 February 1963)
- Hon. Camilla Anne Cary (3 February 1965 – 6 June 1972)
- Hon. Samantha Camilla Cary (born 30 March 1973)
- Hon. Lucinda Mary Cary (born 11 December 1974)
He was married again in 1990 to Nicole Mackey, with whom he has one child:[2]
- Hon. Charles Byron Milburn Cary (born 11 December 1992)
Coat of arms of Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland
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Coronet The coronet of a viscount Crest A Swan wings elevated proper Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent on a Bend Sable three Roses of the field barbed and seeded proper (Cary); 2nd, Sable two Bars nebuly Ermine (Spencer of Ashbury, Devon); 4th, France and England quarterly with a Bordure compony Argent and Azure (Beaufort) Supporters Dexter: a Unicorn Argent armed crined tufted and unguled OrSinister: a Lion guardant proper ducally crowned and gorged with a Plain Collar Or Motto In Utroque Fidelis (Latin for 'Faithful in both') |
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^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
^ Retired under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
^ a b Falkland, Viscount of. Cracroft's Peerage. 10 May 2008.
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded byLucius Cary | Viscount of Falkland 1984–present Member of the House of Lords (1984–1999) | Incumbent |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| New officecreated by the House of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords_under the House of Lords Act 1999_1999–2023 | Succeeded byThe Earl Russell |