. The Cary family in England. of his country. Glarendon says: He spent a full fortune at Gourt in those offices whichother men use to obtain a greater. Another says: Of his integrity and disinterestedloyalty, we can have no greater proof, than that heimpaired his patrimony in employments by which othersraised their fortune. He had three sons,— Lucius, born in 1610 ; Lawrence,bom in 1612; and Patrick, bom in 1625. He died in1633.—Reign of Elizabeth, James I. and Gharles II. Fifteenth Generation. Lord Lucius Gary, second Viscount Falkland, sonof Henry (fourteenth generation), was born in 1
. The Cary family in England. of his country. Glarendon says: He spent a full fortune at Gourt in those offices whichother men use to obtain a greater. Another says: Of his integrity and disinterestedloyalty, we can have no greater proof, than that heimpaired his patrimony in employments by which othersraised their fortune. He had three sons,— Lucius, born in 1610 ; Lawrence,bom in 1612; and Patrick, bom in 1625. He died in1633.—Reign of Elizabeth, James I. and Gharles II. Fifteenth Generation. Lord Lucius Gary, second Viscount Falkland, sonof Henry (fourteenth generation), was born in married Alicia, or Letitia, Morrison. He was Ghan-cellor of the Exchequer under Gharles I. His marble statue stands in St. Stephens Hall, atthe entrance to the Parliament Houses in London, witheleven others of Englands greatest men,— Pitt, Ghatham,Fox, Hampden, Glarendon, Burke, etc. He was regardedas the greatest man of England in his day. He opposedthe errors of the king, but during the struggle with Grom-[58]. .Li as lAkv. Lord ialklam) THE GARY FAMILY IX EXGLANI) well he took his stand by the side of his royal , \vitt\- and accomplished, he was indignant atthe evident desire of the j^opular leaders to deluge thecountry in blood. He was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, andwas distinguished for mieommon ]iroficiency in classicaland general literature. On the occasion of a visit tothe Bodleian library at Oxford, King Charles requestedLucius Cary to look for his fortune, or destiny, in Virgils.,<^nead. The passage selected was line 615 of book four,where is the imprecation of Queen Dido against /Eneas: But troubled by the War, and quaiTels of a brave peoj^ his lands have been torn awa\- from him, ... heshall see the dreadful death of his own people. Thiswas so very unfavorable to the king, and depicted hisfate so pathetically, that the noble sought to turn it offby looking for one for himself, showing that he was notsuperstitious. His ey
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