Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland 1575-1633

On 20th May 1567 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 28] and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert.

After 28th December 1568 [his father] Edward Carey [aged 28] and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 25] were married. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Around 1575 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland was born to Edward Carey [aged 35] and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 32].

On 20th November 1586 [his brother-in-law] John Savile 1st Baron Savile [aged 30] and [his sister] Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile [aged 16] were married. They were half third cousin once removed.

In 1590 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 15] educated at Gray's Inn.

In 1593 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 18] educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.

Before 1599 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 23] was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber.

In 1599 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 24] was knighted at Dublin [Map].

Around 1600. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 25].

In 1601 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 26] was elected MP Hertfordshire.

In 1602 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 27] and Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 17] were married. They were fifth cousins.

On 21st June 1603 [his father] Edward Carey [aged 63] and his son Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 28] were jointly appointed Master of the Jewels.

In 1604 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 29] was elected MP Hertfordshire.

On 3rd March 1605 [his brother-in-law] George Manners 7th Earl of Rutland [aged 25] and [his sister] Frances Carey Countess Rutland [aged 34] were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.

In 1609 [his daughter] Catherine Carey Countess Home was born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 24]. She married May 1622 James Home 2nd Earl of Home, son of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley Countess Home.

Around 1610 [his son] Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland was born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 25] at Burford, Shropshire [Map]. He married in or before 1632 Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland and had issue.

Around 1610 [his son] Lawrence Carey, [his daughter] Placid Carey, Ann Carey, Lucy Carey, Elizabeth Carey, Mary Carey and Victoria Carey were born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 35] and Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 25].

In 1617 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 42] was appointed Comptroller of the Household and to the Privy Council.

On 18th July 1618 [his father] Edward Carey [aged 78] died at St Bartholomew the Less.

In 1620 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 45] was created 1st Viscount Falkland. [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 35] by marriage Viscountess Falkland.

In 1621 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 46] was elected MP Hertfordshire.

In March 1622 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 47] was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland through the favour of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 29].

In May 1622 [his son-in-law] James Home 2nd Earl of Home [aged 15] and [his daughter] Catherine Carey Countess Home [aged 13] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map] with King James I of Scotland present. She by marriage Countess of Home. He the son of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley Countess Home [aged 36].

On 20th December 1622 [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 79] died.

Around 1623 [his son] Patrick Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 48] and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 38]. He married 1653 Susan Uvedale and had issue.

In February 1624 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 49] was ordered by the English Council to refrain from more extreme measures than preventing the erection of religious houses and the congregation of unlawful assemblies.

In 1625 [his daughter] Catherine Carey Countess Home [aged 16] died in childbirth.

On 22nd September 1626 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 51] convened a meeting of the Irish nobility on account of the difficulties of maintaining the English army in Ireland. He laid before the assembly a draft of concessions promised by Charles, which were subsequently known as the "Graces". They promised the removal of certain religious disabilities and the recognition of sixty years' possession as a bar to all claims of the crown based on irregularities of title. Falkland did not conduct the negotiations with skill, and for a long time there seemed no hope of a satisfactory settlement.

After 1627 [his son-in-law] William Uvedale [aged 46] and [his daughter] Victoria Carey [aged 17] were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.

On 21st July 1628 [his brother-in-law] John Savile 1st Baron Savile [aged 72] was created 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret. [his sister] Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile [aged 58] by marriage Baroness Savile of Pomfret.

On 10th August 1629 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 54] was directed to hand over his authority as Lord Deputy of Ireland to the lords justices on the pretext that his services were required in England. King Charles I [aged 28], recognising his good intentions, continued to hold him in favour.

In or before 1632 [his son] Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland [aged 21] and [his daughter-in-law] Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland were married. She by marriage Viscountess Falkland.

On 17th December 1632 Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 54] died at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire [Map]. On 20th February 1633 he was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His daughter Katherine [aged 30] succeeded 18th Baroness Ros Helmsley. His brother [his brother-in-law] George [aged 52] succeeded 7th Earl of Rutland. [his sister] Frances Carey Countess Rutland [aged 61] by marriage Countess of Rutland.

Before September 1633 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 58] broke his leg which subsequently had to be amputated; he died as a consequence. He was buried on 25th September 1633 at Aldenham, Hertfordshire. His son Lucius [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Viscount Falkland.

In 1639 [his former wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater [aged 54] died.