Cary, Lucy (1619–1650)
Cary, Lucy (1619–1650)
British biographer. Name variations: Dame Lucy Magdalena, O.S.B. Born 1619; died Nov 1, 1650 in Cambrai, Flanders; dau. of Sir Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland, and Elizabeth Cary (1586–1639, dramatist); sister of Anne Cary (1615–1671, writer).
Sent by mother to Flanders with English recusant Benedictines; became Benedictine at English Abbey of Our Lady of Consolation; remained there until death; may be the author of the biography of her mother, The Lady Falkland: Her Life.
See also The Lady Falkland: Her Life.
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