Byron Plantagenet Cary, 12th Viscount Falkland (3 April 1845 – 10 January 1922) was a Scottish peer and British Army officer.
Cary was the eldest son of Capt. Byron Cary, the third son of Capt. Charles Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland. [1]
Cary was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on 4 August 1863, purchased an ensigncy in the 49th Regiment of Foot. [2] He was promoted lieutenant on 9 August 1867, [3] and exchanged into the 35th Regiment of Foot on 23 October. [4] He was subsequently promoted captain on 24 November 1877, [5]
Cary married Mary, daughter of Robert Reade, Esq., of New York, on 25 September 1879. They had three sons and three daughters:
Cary was seconded for staff service on 10 April 1880. [6] He was subsequently promoted to major in his regiment, which became the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Childers Reforms of 1881, and served as aide-de-camp to Major-General Percy Feilding in Malta. Cary retired on 5 March 1884 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. [7] In 1886, he succeeded his uncle, Admiral Plantagenet Cary, 11th Viscount Falkland, in the peerage. [1]
In April 1893, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, [8] and was given the honorary rank of colonel in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Green Howards, of which he was lieutenant-colonel. [9] Falkland was elected a representative peer for Scotland in 1894, and sat in the House of Lords until his death. He retired from the Army on 11 November 1896. [10] Falkland died in 1922, and was succeeded by his eldest son Lucius Cary, 13th Viscount Falkland.
Byron Plantagenet Cary, 12th Viscount Falkland (3 April 1845 – 10 January 1922) was a Scottish peer and British Army officer.
Cary was the eldest son of Capt. Byron Cary, the third son of Capt. Charles Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland. [1]
Cary was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on 4 August 1863, purchased an ensigncy in the 49th Regiment of Foot. [2] He was promoted lieutenant on 9 August 1867, [3] and exchanged into the 35th Regiment of Foot on 23 October. [4] He was subsequently promoted captain on 24 November 1877, [5]
Cary married Mary, daughter of Robert Reade, Esq., of New York, on 25 September 1879. They had three sons and three daughters:
Cary was seconded for staff service on 10 April 1880. [6] He was subsequently promoted to major in his regiment, which became the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Childers Reforms of 1881, and served as aide-de-camp to Major-General Percy Feilding in Malta. Cary retired on 5 March 1884 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. [7] In 1886, he succeeded his uncle, Admiral Plantagenet Cary, 11th Viscount Falkland, in the peerage. [1]
In April 1893, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, [8] and was given the honorary rank of colonel in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Green Howards, of which he was lieutenant-colonel. [9] Falkland was elected a representative peer for Scotland in 1894, and sat in the House of Lords until his death. He retired from the Army on 11 November 1896. [10] Falkland died in 1922, and was succeeded by his eldest son Lucius Cary, 13th Viscount Falkland.