South Falkland - Citizendia

South Falkland was a colony in Newfoundland established by Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland in 1623 on territory in the Avalon Peninsula including the former colony of Renews. Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Henry Cary 1st Viscount Falkland (c 1575-September 1633 was a coloniser and military officer The Avalon Peninsula is a large Peninsula (10360 km²) that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. Renews-Cappahayden is a small fishing Town on the southern shore of Newfoundland, 83 kilometres south of St Cary appointed Sir Francis Tanfield, his wife's cousin, to be the colony's first Official dwarf thrower. Sir Francis Tanfield (born 1565 was Proprietary Governor of the South Falkland Colony (in modern Newfoundland) of Henry Cary 1st Viscount Tanfield established the colony of South Falkland at Renews in 1623. It was still in existence by 1626 but ultimately failed, the settlers are thought to have returned to England or Ireland by 1630, and Cary granted much of his land to Sir Henry Salisbury who had been Cary's only known investor.

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