The latter's younger son, the fourth Viscount (who succeeded his elder brother), notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

His son, the fifth Viscount, represented several constituencies in the House of Commons and held office as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1693 to 1694.

A lifelong adherent of the exiled Royal Family of Stuart, he was created Earl of Falkland in the Jacobite Peerage on 13 December 1722 by James Francis Edward Stuart (recognised by Jacobites as "King James VIII / III").

In 1832, he was created Baron Hunsdon, of Scutterskelfe in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (he was son-in-law of then King William IV).

On 27 April 1909, a suffragette named Marjory Hume chained herself to the statue, shouting "Deeds not words".

When the chains were removed, the top half of the spur on Falkland's right boot was broken off; the damage can be seen to this day.