. The Cary family in England. ecamethird Lord Himsdon in 1603. His brother Edmund wasknighted in 1587 by the Earl of Leicester for valor inthe Netherlands. The fourth son, Robert, will be men-tioned later as the Earl of Monmouth. (See page 47.) Fifteenth Generation. Sir Henry Gary, Knight, son of Sir John (fourteenthgeneration), was bom in 1580. He was fourth LordHunsdon. He married Judith Pelham. He was madeViscoimt Rochford in 1621 by James I. and also createdEarl of Dover in 1627 by Gharles I. He was thus a baron,an earl and a viscount at the same time. He died in1668.—Reign of Elizabeth, J
. The Cary family in England. ecamethird Lord Himsdon in 1603. His brother Edmund wasknighted in 1587 by the Earl of Leicester for valor inthe Netherlands. The fourth son, Robert, will be men-tioned later as the Earl of Monmouth. (See page 47.) Fifteenth Generation. Sir Henry Gary, Knight, son of Sir John (fourteenthgeneration), was bom in 1580. He was fourth LordHunsdon. He married Judith Pelham. He was madeViscoimt Rochford in 1621 by James I. and also createdEarl of Dover in 1627 by Gharles I. He was thus a baron,an earl and a viscount at the same time. He died in1668.—Reign of Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I. and II. Sixteenth John Gary, Knight, son of Henry (fifteenth gener-ation), was born in 1605. He married Dorothy St. the coronation of Charles I., February 2, 1625, hewas made Knight of the Bath. On the death of his father,in 1668, he was second Viscount Rochford, second Earlof Dover, and fifth Baron Hunsdon. He died in 1677and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His sister Anne[40]. THE CARY FAMILY I.\ KXOLAXl) was burietl lliere in KiOl. Leaving no son, llic tillereverted to liis fourth cousin. — Reign of James L andCharles I. and IL Sevkxteknth Generation. Robert Cary, son of Robert, son of Horatius, son ofEdmund, son of Henrj the first Hunsdon, was bora in1630. He was sixth Baron Hunsdon. He marriedMargaret CHfton. He died in 1G92 and, having no son,the title fell to his fifth cousin.—Reign of Charles I. andn. and James II. Robert Cary (seventeenth generation), seventh LordHunsdon, was the son of Ernestus, son of Robert, sonof Edmund, son of Henry the first Lord Hunsdon. At the time he was elevated to the baronetcy he wasa poor weaver in Holland. The change from the positionof a weaver, with a few sliiUings wages per day, to thatof a lord of the realm, with an income of twenty thousanddollars per year, must have been something quite over-whelming. He lived thus ten years, dying unmarried in1702. He was buried in Westminster Ab
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