deaths
September 20, 1643
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for England (born 1610)
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland PC was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War and was killed in action at the First Battle of Newbury.
Secretary of State (England)
In the Kingdom of England, the title of Secretary of State came into being near the end of the reign of Elizabeth I, the usual title before that having been King's Clerk, King's Secretary, or Principal Secretary.