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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

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

Central: 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.

Local: 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
Web Title

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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