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'Death of Falkland, at Newbury', 20 September 1643, (c1880). Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (c. 1610-1643) was an English author and politician who sat in the House of Commons 1640 to 1642. He fought on the Royalist side under the personal command of King Charles I, in the English Civil War and was killed in action on 20 September 1643 at the First Battle of Newbury. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. I, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]