A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cary, Plantagenet Pierrepont
CARY. (Captain, 1839. f-p., 16; h-p., 11.)
The Honourable Plantagenet Pierrepont Cary , born 8 Sept. 1806, is second son of the eighth Viscount Falkland, Capt. R.N. (who died 2 March, 1809, from the effects of a wound received in a duel), by Miss Christiana Anson, his wife; and brother of the present Viscount Falkland, Lieut.-Gov. of Nova Scotia, as likewise of Commander the Hon. B. C. F. P. Cary, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug. 1820; and embarked, in 1822, as Midshipman, on board the Phaeton 46,.Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, employed successively in the West Indies and Mediterranean. In 1824 he proceeded to the East Indies in the Boadicea 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Brisbane, in the boats of which frigate he served during the Burmese war. He afterwards joined, in the Mediterranean, the Warspite 76, Capts. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker, and Wellesley 74, Capt. Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland; and, having passed his examination in 1827, was there promoted, 2 Dec. 1829, into the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes. Lieut. Cary’s next appointments were – 24, Nov. 1830, and 27 Jan. 1832, to the Prince Regent 120, and Ocean 80, flag-ships at Sheerness of Sir John Poo Beresford – and, 13 June, 1833, and 10 March, 1834, to the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, and Spartiate 76, bearing the flag of Sir Mich. Seymour on the South American station. He obtained his second commission 31 Oct. 1834 – was appointed, 28 Feb. 1837, to command the Comus 18, in the West Indies – became a Post-Captain 9 May, 1839 – and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Cary married, 27 April, 1843, Mary Ann, only child of J. F. Maubert, Esq., of Norwood, co. Surrey. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.