Creation: let. pat. 9 Jun 1720

Family name: Boscawen

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Arms:

Ermine a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper

Crest:

A Falcon close proper

Supporters:

On either side a Sea-Lion erect on its tail Argent guttée de l'armes

Motto:

Patience Passe Science (Patience surpasses knowledge)

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Hugh [Boscawen], 1st Viscount Falmouth

1st son of Edward Boscawen MP, of Tregothnan, Cornwall, by his wife Jael Godolphin, dau. of Sir Francis Godolphin

born

c.1680

mar.

23 Apr 1700 Charlotte Godfrey (d. 22 Mar 1754), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Charles Godfrey, by his wife Arabella Churchill, only dau. of Sir Winston Churchill, Comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth, and sister of John [Churchill], 1st Duke of Marlborough

died

25 Oct 1734

created

9 Jun 1720 Baron Boscawen-Rose and Viscount Falmouth

suc. by

son

Hugh [Boscawen], 2nd Viscount Falmouth

born

20 Mar 1706/7

mar.

6 May 1736 Hannah Catherine Maria Russell (widow of Richard Russell;  d. 23 Nov 1786), dau. of Thomas Smith, of Worplesdon, co. Surrey

died

s.p. legit. 4 Feb 1782

suc. by

nephew

George Evelyn [Boscawen], 3rd Viscount Falmouth

1st surv. son of Admiral Hon Edward Boscawen RN (by his wife Frances Glanville, dau. of William Evelyn Glanville, of St Clair, co. Kent), 2nd son of Hugh [Boscawen], 1st Viscount Falmouth

born

6 May 1758

mar.

26 Jun 1784 Elizabeth Anne Crewe (d. 10 Aug 1793), dau. and hrss. of John Crewe, of Bolesworth Castle, co. Chester

died

11 Feb 1808

suc. by

son

Edward [Boscawen], 4th Viscount Falmouth later 1st Earl of Falmouth

created

14 Jul 1821 Earl of Falmouth

The Viscountcy was held by the Earls of Falmouth from 14 Jul 1821 until 29 Aug 1852, when on the death of George Henry [Boscawen], 2nd Earl of Falmouth, 5th Viscount Falmouth, etc., the Earldom of Falmouth became extinct and the Viscountcy of Falmouth was inherited by his cousin,

Evelyn [Boscawen], 6th Viscount Falmouth

1st son of Canon Hon John Evelyn Boscawen, Rector of Wotton and Vicar of Ticehurst (by his wife Catherine Elizabeth Annesley, dau. of Arthur Annesley, of Bletchingdon Park, co. Oxford), 2nd son of George Evelyn [Boscawen], 3rd Viscount Falmouth

born

18 Mar 1819

mar.

29 Jul 1845 Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton, suo jure Baroness le Despencer (b. 24 Mar 1822; d. 20 Nov 1891), only child of Hon Thomas Stapleton (by his wife Maria Wynne Bankes, 2nd dau. of Henry Bankes MP, of Kingston Lacy House, co. Dorset), 1st son and heir ap. of Thomas [Stapleton], 15th Baron le Despencer

died

6 Nov 1889

suc. by

son

Evelyn Edward Thomas [Boscawen], 7th Viscount Falmouth, KCVO CB

born

24 Jul 1847

mar.

19 Oct 1886 Hon Kathleen Douglas-Pennant (d. 29 Dec 1953), 1st dau. of George Sholto Gordon [Douglas-Pennant], 2nd Baron Penrhyn, by his wife Pamela Blanche Rushout, 2nd dau. of Sir Charles Rushout Cockerell later Rushout, 2nd Bt., of Sezincote, co. Gloucester

died

1 Oct 1918

suc. by

son

note

suc. his mother 20 Nov 1891 as 17th Baron le Despencer

Evelyn Hugh John [Boscawen], 8th Viscount Falmouth

born

5 Aug 1887

mar.

17 Mar 1915 Mary Margaret Desiree Meynell CBE (d. 1985), only dau. of Hon Frederick George Lindley Wood later Meynell (by his wife Lady Mary Susan Felice Lindsay, 3rd dau. of Alexander William Crawford [Lindsay], 25th Earl of Crawford), 4th son of Charles [Wood], 1st Viscount Halifax

died

18 Feb 1962

suc. by

son

George Hugh [Boscawen], 9th Viscount Falmouth

born

31 Oct 1919

mar.

9 May 1953 (Beryl) Elizabeth Price Browne (d. 28 Jul 7007), 1st dau. of Arthur Harold Browne, of Spring Field, West Peckham, co. Kent

children

1. Hon Evelyn Arthur Hugh Boscawen (b. 13 May 1955), mar. (1) 23 Jul 1977 (div. 1995) Lucia Caroline Vivian-Neal (mar. (2) 3 May 1997 David Borradaile), 1st dau. of Ralph William Vivian-Neal, of Poundisford Park, Taunton, co. Somerset, and has issue:

1a. (Evelyn George) William Boscawen (b. 1 Oct 1979)

1a. Laura Frances Boscawen (b. 21 Nov 1982)

Hon Evelyn Boscawen mar. (2) 7 Oct 1995 Katherine Maley, 1st dau. of Mark Maley, of Spring House, Alphamstone, Bures, co. Suffolk, and has further issue:

2a. Frederick Mark Boscawen (b. 4 Sep 1996)

3a. Archie Hugh Boscawen (b. 10 Jun 1998)

2a. Cecilia Rose Boscawen (b. 17 Oct 2001)

2. Hon Nicholas John Boscawen, of Parkham Place, Parkham, co. Kent (b. 14 Jan 1957), mar. 1985 Virginia Mary Rose Beare, 2nd dau. of Robin Beare, of Scraggs Farm, Cowden, co. Kent, and has issue

3. Hon Charles Richard Boscawen, of Dennington Lodge, Dennington, co. Suffolk (b. 10 Oct 1958), mar. 1985 Frances Diana Rous (b. 13 May 1961), 3rd dau. of Maj Hon George Nathaniel Rous (by his wife Joyce Harpur, yst. dau. of Col Charles Harpur OBE, of Benhall, Saxmundham, co. Suffolk), 3rd son of George Edward Mowbray [Rous], 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, and has issue

4. Hon Vere George Boscawen, of Bullocks Horn Place, Charlton, co. Wiltshire (b. 18 Sep 1964), mar. 11 May 1991 Catharine Mary Halliday, dau. of Christopher Halliday, of Whitton Hall, Westbury, co. Shropshire, and has issue

note

Capt, Coldstream Guards 1939-45; Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall 1968-77; Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1977-94

 Last updated 25 Sep 2007

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Titles:

9th Viscount Falmouth

(Great Britain, let. pat. 9 Jun 1720)

19th Baron le Despencer

(England, writ sum. 24 Jun 1295 with precedency of 24 Dec 1264)

9th Baron Boscawen-Rose

(Great Britain, let. pat. 9 Jun 1720)

Address:

Tregothnan, Truro, Cornwall TR2 4AW

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