Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland is a British nobleman and politician.
Background
Falkland is the eldest of four children, and the only son of Lucius Cary, 14th Viscount Falkland and Constance Mary Berry, daughter of Captain Edward Berry. Cary succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1984 and sat in the House of Lords with the Social Democratic Party, later joining the Liberal Democrats.
Education
He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire, and was formerly an officer in the Hussars.
Career
Following the removal of the majority of hereditary peers under the House of Lords Acting 1999, he was one of the ninety-two elected to remain. He is a supporter of the British Humanist Association, and has been the vice-president of the Royal Stuart Society since 2015 (his ancestors were ardent Jacobites, and he holds the title tenth Earl of Falkland in the Jacobite Peerage). I haven"t got another income.
You might say I"m an impoverished peer: my family over many hundreds of years have been noted for their poverty."
They have four children:
The Honorary
Lucius Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963)
Honorary Camilla Anne Cary (1965–1972)
Honorary
Samantha Camilla Cary (born 1973)
Honorary Lucinda Mary Cary (born 1974)
Honorary
Charles Byron Milburn Cary (born 1992).
Politics
In 2011 Falkland left the Liberal Democrats and now sits as a Crossbencher.
Views
Defending his actions, Falkland said: "I didn"t do it to make £125,000, I claimed the expenses in order to be able to meet the expenses of my life.