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Family and Education
b. ?bef. Apr. 1609, 1st s. of Henry Carey†, 1st Viscount Falkland [S], and Elizabeth (d. 1639), da. of Sir Laurence Tanfield†.CP; Leics. Marr. Licences, 80. educ. St John’s, Camb. 1621;Al. Cant. Trinity, Dublin, 1622, BA 1625;Al. Dublinenses. L. Inn, 18 Jan. 1638.LI Admiss. i. 234. m. c. Mar. 1630, Lettice (d. 24 Feb. 1647), da. of Sir Richard Moryson† of Tooley Park, Leics., 4s. (1 d.v.p.).Leics. Marr. Licences, 80. suc. fa. as 2nd Viscount Falkland [S], Sept. 1633.CP. Kntd. 27 Mar. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. 20 Sept. 1643.CP.
Offices Held

capt. of ft. Ireland Nov. 1624-Dec. 1629.CSP Ire. 1615–25, p. 548; 1625–32, p. 503.

member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. PC, 1 Jan. 1642–d.CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 240–1. Sec. of state, 8 Jan. 1642–d.SO3/12, f. 183; PC2/53, pp. 207, 209. Member, cttee. for examinations, 24 Feb. 1642.CJ ii. 452b. Member, council of war (roy.) by 4 Aug. 1642;A Catalogue of the Moneys, Men and Horse (1642, 669.f.6.64). cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 384a. Commr. exch. (roy.) Sept. 1642–d.CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 394. Ld. privy seal (roy.) by May 1643–d.Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.), 97. Master of the rolls (roy.) by Aug. 1643–d.Clarendon, Life, i. 195.

j.p. Mdx., Berks., Oxon, Glos., Hants, Wilts., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Essex, Herts., Surr., Suss., Staffs. May-Aug. 1642–d.C231/5, pp. 522, 527–32, 536.

Parlimentarian
CARY, Lucius, Viscount Falkland [S] (?1609-43), of Great Tew and Burford, Oxon.
Viscount Falkl and [S] (?1609-43) of Great Tew ?1609 – 43 and Oxon., Burford.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, attrib. J. Hoskins, 1630s;NPG. ?oil on canvas, C. Johnson, c.1633;NT, Montacute House. ?oil on canvas, unknown;Capt. Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Colln., Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1638-40;Chatsworth, Derbys. oil on canvas, aft. A. Van Dyck;Holkham Hall, Norf. oil on canvas, aft. A. Van Dyck.Longleat, Wilts.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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CARY, Lucius, Viscount Falkland [S] (?1609-43), of Great Tew and Burford, Oxon.

Will
12 June 1642, pr. 20 Oct. 1643.PROB10/639, unfol.
Estates
inherited Great Tew, Oxon. and other property reputedly worth more than £2,000 p.a. from his maternal grandfa. Sir Laurence Tanfield† (d. 1625), after d. of the latter’s widow in July 1628;Clarendon, Hist. iii. 179; Clarendon, Life, i. 43. estates in Herts., Oxon. and Kent from his fa. Sept. 1633.Clutterbuck, Herts, i. 127; Hasted, Kent, x. 278; Add. 29974, ff. 144, 148.
Oxford 1644
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