Lucius Cary (British Army officer)
Lucius Cary | |
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Member of Parliament for Bridport | |
| In office 1774–1780 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1735 |
| Died | 20 August 1780 (aged 44–45) 60th Foot 89th Foot |
Lucius Ferdinand Cary, Master of Falkland (1735–1780) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
Biography
Cary was the only son of
60th Foot in 1765 and was on half pay again from 1768 to 1779.[1]
At the
Alexander Leith
had a parallel career becoming MP for Tregony in 1774 and being posted to the West Indies in 1779.
Cary died in Tobago on 20 August 1780. He and his wife Anne had two sons and five daughters:
- Lucia Cary (July 1762 – 12 February 1801), married Lt-Col John Grattan and had issue
- Charlotte Maria Cary (November 1764 – bef. 1834), married Samuel Charteris
- Henry Thomas Cary, 8th Viscount Falkland(1766–1796)
- Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland(1768–1809)
- Lavinia Matilda Cary (5 November 1770 – ?)
- Almeria Augusta Cary (January 1772 – 24 Jun 1801), married Rev. William Digby
- Hon. Emilia Sophia Cary (March 1775 – aft. 1834), married Maj. Charles Thomas Grant in 1798
When he died he had a secret service pension of £500 per annum and his father applied successfully to the King for pensions of £100 per annum to each of Cary's five daughters, who were "left in extreme indigence by their father".[1] His sons Henry and Charles succeeded in turn to the Viscountcy after the death of their grandfather.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "CARY, Lucius Ferdinand, Master of Falkland (1735-80)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Edmund, Lodge (1844). The peerage of the British empire as at present existing. To which is added the baronetage. p. 217. Retrieved 31 December 2017.