Viscountcy in the Peerage of Great Britain
Viscountcy Falmouth
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Arms of Boscawen:
Ermine, a rose gules barbed and seeded proper
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Creation date
| - 1674
(first creation)
- 18 June 1720
(second creation)
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Peerage
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First holder
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Present holder
| Evelyn Boscawen, 10th Viscount Falmouth
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Heir apparent
| Evelyn George William Boscawen
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Remainder to
| Heirs male of the first viscount's body lawfully begotten
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Subsidiary titles
| Baron le Despencer
Baron Boscawen-Rose
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Status
| Extant
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Extinction date
| 1716
(first creation)
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Seat(s)
| Tregothnan
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Former seat(s)
| Mereworth Castle
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Motto
| Patience Passe Science
("Patience Surpasses Knowledge")
In coelo quies
("In Heaven There is Rest")
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Viscount Falmouth
is a title that has been created twice, first in the
Peerage of England
, and then in the
Peerage of Great Britain
. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for
George FitzRoy
, an illegitimate son of
King Charles II
by
Barbara Villiers
. He was created Earl of Northumberland at the same time and in 1683 he was made
Duke of Northumberland
. However, he left no heirs, so the titles became extinct at his death in 1716.
The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1720 for
Hugh Boscawen
(c.1680-1734). He was made
Baron Boscawen-Rose
at the same time, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Boscawen had earlier represented
Tregony
,
Cornwall
,
Truro
and
Penryn
in Parliament and notably served as
Comptroller of the Household
and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. His son, the second Viscount, was a General in the Army and also sat as a
Member of Parliament
for Truro. He later served as
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
. His nephew, the third Viscount, held office as
Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
from 1797 to 1799. His son, the fourth Viscount, represented Truro in the
House of Commons
. In 1821 he was created
Earl of Falmouth
, in the County of Cornwall, in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He briefly represented
Cornwall West
in the House of Commons.
On his death in 1852 the earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the other titles by his first cousin, the sixth Viscount. He was the son of Reverend John Evelyn Boscawen, second son of the third Viscount. Lord Falmouth married in 1845 Mary Frances Elizabeth Boscawen, 17th Baroness le Despencer (see the
Baron le Despencer
). In 1872 Viscount Falmouth was listed as one of the top ten landowners in Cornwall, with an estate of 25,910 acres (104.9 km
2
) or 3.41% of the total area of Cornwall.
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They were both succeeded by their son, the seventh Viscount and eighteenth Baron, who was a
Major-General
in the Army. He was allegedly the father of Lady Randolph Churchill's second son,
John
(1880?1947).
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Since 1889 the ancient barony of Le Despencer has been a subsidiary title of the viscountcy of Falmouth. As of 2022
[update]
the titles are held by his great-grandson, the tenth Viscount, who succeeded his 102-year-old father in March of that year.
The
Conservative
politician
Robert Boscawen
was the younger brother of the ninth Viscount.
The family seat is
Tregothnan
, near
Truro
,
Cornwall
.
Viscount Falmouth, first creation (1674)
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Viscount Falmouth, second creation (1720)
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Earl of Falmouth (1821)
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Viscount Falmouth (1720; reverted)
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The heir apparent is his son, Hon. Evelyn George William Boscawen (born 1979).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Evelyn Ralph Constantine Boscawen (born 2015).
Male-line family tree
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Male-line family tree, Viscounts Falmouth and Earls of Falmouth.
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See also
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References
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Debrett, John (1840).
Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen
. pp.
300
?302
. Retrieved
25 November
2016
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b
Lodge, Edmund (1860).
The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing
. Hurst and Blackett, limited. pp. 230?231
. Retrieved
25 November
2016
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Cahill, Kevin
(2001).
Who Owns Britain
. Canongate Books.
ISBN
9780862419127
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Anne Sebba,
American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill
, Norton, 2008
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