Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
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Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland GCH PC (5 November 1803–12 March 1884), was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician.
Falkland was the son of Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland, and his wife Christiana. He succeeded as tenth Viscount Falkland in 1808 at the age of five after his father was killed in a duel. Falkland was a Scottish reformer and was elected to the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer in 1831. However, already on May 15, 1832, he was created Baron Hunsdon, of Scutterskelfe in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords. Five years later he was admitted to the Privy Council.
Falkland became Governor of Nova Scotia in 1840 after the recall of Sir Colin Campbell. He opposed the movement led by Joseph Howe for responsible government leading to Howe threatening to horsewhip him. He restructured the colony's Executive Council by including reformers in the body which had previously been a Tory domain but resisted the demand that the majority party in the legislature be permitted to form a government.
Falkland's term ended in 1846. He then returned to England and held office in the Whig government of Lord John Russell as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) from 1846 to 1848. The latter year he was appointed Governor of Bombay, in which post he remained until 1853. He returned to England the same year and later served as a magistrate in Yorkshire.
Lord Falkland married Lady Amelia FitzClarence, the illegitimate daughter of King William IV and his mistress, Dorothy Jordan, on December 27, 1830. They had one son, Lucius William Charles Frederick Cary, Master of Falkland (1831–1871), who married Sarah Christiana Keighly, but died childless. Lord Falkland died in Montpellier in March 1884, aged 80. As his only son had predeceased him he was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother Admiral Plantagenet Pierrepont Cary.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Colin Campbell |
Governor of Nova Scotia 1840–1846 |
Succeeded by Sir Jeremiah Dickson |
| Preceded by The Earl of Beverley |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1846–1848 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Donegall |
| Preceded by Sir George Clerk |
Governor of Bombay 1848–1853 |
Succeeded by The Lord Elphinstone |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Charles John Cary |
Viscount Falkland 1809–1884 |
Succeeded by Plantagenet Pierrepont Cary |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Hunsdon 1832–1884 |
Succeeded by Extinct |
