Part Four of The First Love Series

The Duke's Son

The Duke's Son

Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey is the second child and only son of Lord Richard William Carey, but for Lady Karissa Elizabeth Ann he is her third son, and sixth child.

Lord Benjamin Lawrence arrived on his older brother, Lord Albert Edward Howard's fourth birthday on September 21, 2289 at Beltane Manor and Lord Anthony Christopher is nine years old and Lord Albert Edward is 4 years old.

Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey is created Duke of Langley Territory in the name of his great-great-great-great-grandfathers, Lord Patrick William Howard, Lord Edmund Beaufort and Lord John Carey.

He is the first male line great-great-great-great-grandson of Lord John Carey through his son, Lord Philip Carey and his son, Lord William Carey, and through his son, Lord George Frederick and through his son, Lord Robert Frederick Carey and through his son, Lord Richard Willam Carey.

Through this only tiny newborn son, he holds the weight on his shoulders to carry on what Lord John Carey started in 2165, and he is very handsome but Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey also loves acting, drama, music, and theater and when he graduates he starts to attend the University of Star-Base 12 and he is introduced to the world of acting, theater along with summer and winter stock by his older brother, Lord Albert Edward Howard and they are close as they share the same birth together and Lord Albert Edward tells his friends, " He is my birthday twin."

Lord Albert Edward is Duke of Kent Territory and he starts at the University two years before Lord Benjamin Lawrence does and he is also into acting, drama, music, theater, summer and winter stock.

The two are often seen on stage at the local theater acting in plays, and singing and dancing and it is through Lady Elizabeth Valois that Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey meets his bride, Lady Beatrice Bourbon and they are both related through King Louis IX of France through his oldest and youngest sons, King Philip III and Prince Robert of Clermont.

Lord Albert Edward starts to court Lady Elizabeth Ann Valois and Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey starts to court Lady Beatrice Bourbon, and in 2307, Lord Benjamin Lawrence married Lady Beatrice Bourbon at Beltane Manor and together they have three children, Lord George Frederick Carey II 2310, Lady Sophia Charlotte Carey 2315, and Lord Richard William Carey II in 2320.

Lady Caroline Matilda is heiress to the Dukedom of Bedford Territory when she becomes Duchess of Bedford Territory she adds Lady Sophia Charlotte Carey as her heiress presumptive, as her daughter, Lady Isabella Karissa is her heiress apparent to the Dukedom of Bedford and Lady Caroline Matilda Carey enacts matrilineal primogeniture in the Dukedom of Bedford Territory and only female descendants of Lord John Carey may inherit the Dukedom.

Lady Sophia Charlotte Carey is included in the list next to her daughter, Lady Isabella Karissa Carey, her daughter, Lady Sophia Charlotte Carey, and her daughter, Lady Jeanette Virginia Carey.

Lord George Frederick Carey II inherited the Dukedom of Langley Territory from his father Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey, and his son, Lord John Phillip Carey II and his son, Lord Robert Frederick Carey II.

It is through Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey that the male line of Lord John Carey continues on Star Base 12.

Lord Benjamin Lawrence Carey died in 2370 and Lady Beatrice died in 2372.