Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland

Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland
Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland
First Lord of the Admiralty
	In office; 1693-1694
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
	In office; 1690-1694
Member of the Privy Council of England
	In office; 1692
Member of Parliament for Great Marlow
	In office; 1689-1690
Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
	In office; 1685-1689
Treasurer of the Navy
	In office; 1681-1689
Personal details
Born	16 February 1656; Farley Castle, Somerset, England
Died	24 May 1694 (aged 38)
Political party	Tory
Spouse	Rebecca Lytton
Children	1
Parent	Henry Cary (father);
Relatives	Anthony Hungerford (grandfather); Lucius Cary (grandfather)

Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland PC (16 February 1656 – 24 May 1694) was an English nobleman and politician.

Biography

Cary was born at Farley Castle, Somerset,^[1] the son of Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland, to whose peerage he succeeded as a child in 1663.

He married Rebecca Lytton and had one daughter:

Harriott Cary (d. 21 October 1683)

As his peerage title was Scottish, he was able to sit in the English House of Commons. He thus served as Tory MP for Oxfordshire for 1685–1689, Great Marlow from 1689 to 1690, and Great Bedwyn from 1690 until his death.^[1]

He was sworn of the Privy Council of England in 1692 and served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1693 to 1694. He had previously held office with the latter department as Treasurer of the Navy from 1681 to 1689, under Charles II and James II, and as Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1690 to 1693.^[1] Samuel Pepys had a rather low opinion of his abilities, while admitting that he suffered from chronic ill health.

In March 1694 he was committed to the Tower of London on charges of peculation,^[1] but was released three days later.^[2] He died of smallpox in May, aged 38, without male issue. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.^[1]

The Falkland Islands are named in his honour. The Viscounts Falkland in turn take their title from the royal residence of Falkland in Fife, Scotland.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cokayne, G. E. (1926). Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, H. A. (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. 5 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. pp. 241–2.
^ "Cary [Carey], Anthony, fifth Viscount Falkland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58100. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Political offices
Preceded by Edward Seymour	Treasurer of the Navy 1681–1689	Succeeded by Edward Russell
Preceded by The Lord Cornwallis	First Lord of the Admiralty 1693–1694	Succeeded by Edward Russell
Parliament of England
Preceded by Thomas Horde Sir Philip Harcourt	Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire 1685–1689 With: Thomas Tipping	Succeeded by Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt Sir John Cope, Bt
Preceded by Sir John Borlase Bt Sir Humphrey Winch, Bt	Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1689–1690 With: Sir John Borlase Bt 1689 John Hoby 1689 Sir William Whitelock 1689–1690	Succeeded by Sir William Whitelock James Chase
Preceded by Sir Edmund Warneford John Wildman	Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1690–1694 With: Sir Jonathan Raymond	Succeeded by Sir Jonathan Raymond Francis Stonehouse
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Henry Cary	Viscount Falkland 1663–1694	Succeeded by Lucius Cary

[compeerage-1] Cokayne, G. E. (1926). Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, H. A. (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. 5 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. pp. 241–2.

[2] "Cary [Carey], Anthony, fifth Viscount Falkland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58100. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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