The title Viscount Falkland was created in 1620 for Sir Henry Cary, in the Peerage of Scotland, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cary. Theoretically, since all Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland use "of" in their titles, the Viscount should be the Viscount of Falkland. However, most Scottish Viscounts have dropped the practice of using "of." The only ones who persist in the usage of the word are the Viscount of Arbuthnott, and, to a lesser extent, the Viscount of Oxfuird.
Geologically, the Falkland Islands are a part of Patagonia in Argentina, being connected with the mainland by a raised submarine plateau.
The low-lying areas of the Falklands are composed of clay, slate, and soft sandstone, and the hills and ridges are formed of hard sandstone and white quartzite.
A lighthouse is maintained at Cape Pembroke, East Falkland, near Stanley (2001 population, 2,000), the chief town and main port.
He was the son of Sir Henry Cary, afterwards 1st ViscountFalkland, a member of an ancient Devon family, who was lord deputy of Ireland from 1622 to 1629, and of his wife Elizabeth, was born either in 1609 or 1610, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
Falkland fought for the king at the Battle of Edgehill (23 October 1642) and at the siege of Gloucester.
He was succeeded in the title by his eldest son Lucius, 3rd ViscountFalkland, his male descent becoming extinct in the person of Anthony, 5th viscount, in 1694, when the viscounty passed to Lucius Henry (1687 - 1730), a descendant of the first viscount and his direct descendants.
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