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Lot Essay
Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland (1803-1884) was the eldest of three sons of Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland (1768-1809), a captain in the Royal Navy, and his wife, Christiana, neé Anton (d. 1822).
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from August 1817 to May 1821 after which he was commissioned to the 22nd Regiment of Foot, and later that year to the 63rd and 71st Regiments of Foot. He was promoted to the rank of captain in December 1826, and retired in November 1830 when he was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to King William IV. On 27 December 1830 he married, at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Amelia FitzClarence (d.1858), youngest illegitimate child of King William IV and Mrs Jordan. The couple had one son, Lucius William Charles Augustus Frederick who died in 1871.
The 10th Viscount had inherited little from his father and so his marriage greatly improved the family fortunes with the gift of money from the King to his daughter. The King knighted him in 1831 and created him Baron Hunsdon in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1832. Having served on the privy council from March 1837 and acting as whig whip in the House of Lords from 1837 to 1840, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1840 to help settle a political conflict, caused by his predecessor Sir Colin Campbell. His efforts failed by 1846 and he resigned. After returning to England, acting as a captain of the yeoman of the guard, he was sent to Bombay in 1848 where he acted as Governor until 1853.
After returning to England, and following the death of his first wife, in 1858, Falkland married secondly Elizabeth Catherine Beauclerk, Dowager Duchess of St Albans (d.1893), widow of the 9th Duke of St Albans and youngest daughter of Major-General Joseph Gubbins. On his death in 1884 his United Kingdom barony became extinct and his viscountcy passed to his brother.
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from August 1817 to May 1821 after which he was commissioned to the 22nd Regiment of Foot, and later that year to the 63rd and 71st Regiments of Foot. He was promoted to the rank of captain in December 1826, and retired in November 1830 when he was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to King William IV. On 27 December 1830 he married, at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Amelia FitzClarence (d.1858), youngest illegitimate child of King William IV and Mrs Jordan. The couple had one son, Lucius William Charles Augustus Frederick who died in 1871.
The 10th Viscount had inherited little from his father and so his marriage greatly improved the family fortunes with the gift of money from the King to his daughter. The King knighted him in 1831 and created him Baron Hunsdon in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1832. Having served on the privy council from March 1837 and acting as whig whip in the House of Lords from 1837 to 1840, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1840 to help settle a political conflict, caused by his predecessor Sir Colin Campbell. His efforts failed by 1846 and he resigned. After returning to England, acting as a captain of the yeoman of the guard, he was sent to Bombay in 1848 where he acted as Governor until 1853.
After returning to England, and following the death of his first wife, in 1858, Falkland married secondly Elizabeth Catherine Beauclerk, Dowager Duchess of St Albans (d.1893), widow of the 9th Duke of St Albans and youngest daughter of Major-General Joseph Gubbins. On his death in 1884 his United Kingdom barony became extinct and his viscountcy passed to his brother.