Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland

Biographical Summary

"Henry Gary, fourth Viscount Falkland, baptized at Burford 21 November 1634, succeeded his brother. He was a person of some literary attainments, and was, like his father, a supporter of the Royalist party. In 1659 he was sent to the Tower on suspicion of being concerned in Sir George Booth's rising for the restoration of King Charles II. In 1660 he sat in Parliament for Arundel, and the next year for the county of Oxford, of which he was Lord-Lieutenant. He died in London 2 April 1663, and was buried at Great Tew on the 9th. He married Rachel, daughter of Anthony Hungerford of Blackbourton, co. Oxford. She married, secondly, Sir James Hayes, a Privy Councillor for Ireland, and died 24 February 1717-18. The Viscount was succeeded by his only son."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. III, page 612