Viscount Falkland
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The title Viscount of Falkland was created in 1620 for Sir Henry Cary, in the Peerage of Scotland, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cary.
Theoretically, since all Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland use "of" in their titles, the Viscount should be the Viscount of Falkland. However, most Scottish Viscounts have dropped the practice of using "of." The only ones who persist in the usage of the word are the Viscount of Arbuthnott, and, to a lesser extent, the Viscount of Oxfuird.
The Viscounts Falkland take their title from the Scottish royal residence Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife, Scotland.
The Falkland Islands are named after Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland.
[edit] Viscounts (of) Falkland (1620)
- Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (c. 1575-1633)
- Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (1610-1643)
- Lucius Cary, 3rd Viscount Falkland (1632-1649)
- Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland (1634-1663)
- Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland (1656-1694)
- Lucius Henry Cary, 6th Viscount Falkland (1687-1730)
- Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (c. 1707-1785)
- Henry Thomas Cary, 8th Viscount Falkland (1766-1796)
- Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland (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 (b. 1935)
Heir-Apparent: Lucius Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland
