Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland

Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland (born 8 May 1935) is a Liberal Democrat politician and peer.

Background and education

Cary is the elder son of Lucius Cary, 14th Viscount Falkland and Constance Mary Berry. He was educated at Wellington College.

Political career

Cary became 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. He was elected to stay in the House of Lords following the removal of most hereditary peers as an office-holder in 1999. He is a supporter of the British Humanist Association.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Lord Falkland was married in 1962 (divorced 1990) to Caroline Anne Butler, with whom he had four children:

• Lucius Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963)
• Camilla Anne Cary (1965–1972)
• Hon. Samantha Camilla Cary (born 1973)
• Hon. Lucinda Mary Cary (born 1974)

He married again in 1990 to Nicole Falkland, with whom he has one child:

• Hon. Charles Byron Milburn Cary (born 1992)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount of Falkland
• Viscount Falkland profile at the site of Liberal Democrats

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lucius Henry Charles Plantagenet Cary	Viscount of Falkland 1984–present	Incumbent