In 1590 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 15) educated at Gray's Inn.

In 1593 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 18) educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.

In 1599 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 24) was knighted at Dublin [Map].

Around 1600. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 25).

In 1601 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 26) was elected MP Hertfordshire.

On 21 Jun 1603 [his father] Edward Carey (age 63) and his son Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 28) were jointly appointed Master of the Jewels.

In 1604 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 29) was elected MP Hertfordshire.

In 1621 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 46) was elected MP Hertfordshire.

In Feb 1624 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 49) was ordered by the English Council to refrain from more extreme measures than preventing the erection of religious houses and the congregation of unlawful assemblies.

On 22 Sep 1626 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 51) convened a meeting of the Irish nobilty on account of the difficulties of maintaining the English army in Ireland. He laid before the assembly a draft of concessions promised by Charles, which were subsequently known as the "Graces". They promised the removal of certain religious disabilities and the recognition of sixty years' possession as a bar to all claims of the crown based on irregularities of title. Falkland did not conduct the negotiations with skill, and for a long time there seemed no hope of a satisfactory settlement.

On 10 Aug 1629 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 54) was directed to hand over his authority as Lord Deputy of Ireland to the lords justices on the pretext that his services were required in England. King Charles I (age 28), recognising his good intentions, continued to hold him in favour.