Viscount Falklands
Viscount (of) Falkland is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland . The name is derived from Falkland Palace near Falkland in County Fife .
Theoretically, all Viscounts dignities in the Peerage of Scotland have an “of” in the title, but this only corresponds to the actual handling in two cases.
The Falklandsund , which in turn gave its name to the Falkland Islands , is named after Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created for Sir Henry Cary on November 14, 1620 . He was an important military and colonizer of his time. Among other things, he was Lord Deputy of Ireland . Together with the Viscount title he was also awarded the subordinate title Lord Cary (e) in the Peerage of Scotland .
Other titles
The sixth Viscount was a follower of the Jacobites . In 1722, the pretender to the throne, James Francis Edward Stuart , gave him the title of Earl of Falkland , which was never recognized due to the failure of the Jacobite restitution attempts.
The tenth Viscount was a Whig politician who was also governor of various colonies in the British Empire . He was promoted to Baron Hunsdon , of Scutterskelfe in the County of York in 1832 . This title belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was associated with a permanent seat in the House of Lords . It expired in 1884 when the Viscount died without a male heir.
List of Viscounts Falklands (1620)
- Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (around 1575–1633)
- Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falklands (1610–1643)
- Lucius Cary, 3rd Viscount Falklands (1632–1649)
- Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falklands (1634–1663)
- Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falklands (1656-1694)
- Lucius Henry Cary, 6th Viscount Falklands (1687–1730)
- Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (around 1707–1785)
- Henry Thomas Cary, 8th Viscount Falkland (1766–1796)
- Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falklands (1768–1809)
- Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland (1803-1884)
- Plantagenet Pierrepont Cary, 11th Viscount Falkland (1806–1886)
- Byron Plantagenet Cary, 12th Viscount Falkland (1845–1922)
- Lucius Plantagenet Cary, 13th Viscount Falkland (1880–1961)
- Lucius Henry Charles Plantagenet Cary, 14th Viscount Falkland (1905–1984)
- Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland (* 1935)
Probable title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current Viscount, Lucius Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland (* 1963).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Falkland, Viscount of (S, 1620) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page