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Byron Cary, 12th Viscount Falkland

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'''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]].<ref name="ruvigny"></ref>

Cary was educated at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], and on 4 August 1863, purchased an ensigncy in the [[49th Regiment of Foot]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was promoted lieutenant on 9 August 1867,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and exchanged into the [[35th Regiment of Foot]] on 23 October.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was subsequently promoted captain on 24 November 1877,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Cary married Mary, daughter of Robert Reade, an American, on 25 September 1879. They had three sons and three daughters:
*[[Lucius Cary, 13th Viscount Falkland]] (1880–1961)
*Hon. Catherine Mary Cary (29 May 1882 – 16 October 1972), married [[Godfrey Dalrymple-White]] in 1912
*Hon. Mary Selina Cary (10 November 1884 – 6 November 1960)
*Captain Hon. Byron Plantagenet Cary (25 January 1887 – 16 September 1917), lost commanding [[HMS G9|HMS ''G9'']]
*Hon. Lettice Cary (29 September 1888 – 19 December 1963), married in 1918 Commander Ralph Neville (1887–1936) and in 1937 Major [[Philip Pearson-Gregory]]
*Hon. [[Philip Cary (officer of arms)|Philip Plantagenet Cary]] (1895–1968)

Cary was seconded for staff service on 10 April 1880.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> 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.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1886, he succeeded his uncle, Admiral [[Plantagenet Cary, 11th Viscount Falkland]], in the peerage.<ref name="ruvigny" />

In April 1893, he was appointed a [[deputy lieutenant]] of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and was given the honorary rank of colonel in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the [[Green Howards]], of which he was lieutenant-colonel.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He retired from the Army on 11 November 1896.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Falkland died in 1922, and was succeeded by his eldest son [[Lucius Cary, 13th Viscount Falkland]].

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[[Category:1845 births]]
[[Category:1922 deaths]]
[[Category:Deputy Lieutenants of the North Riding of Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Earls in the Jacobite peerage]]
[[Category:Royal Berkshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Royal Sussex Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Viscounts Falkland]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]


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