Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth

The Viscount Falmouth
The Viscount Falmouth
	Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth
Born	24 July 1847
Died	1 October 1918 (aged 71)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Battles / wars	Anglo-Egyptian War; Nile Expedition
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order; Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major General Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, KCVO, CB (24 July 1847 – 1 October 1918) was a British peer and British Army officer.

Military career

Boscawen was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards: he played cricket for the Household Brigade and then for the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.^[1] He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882 and, having been promoted to colonel in 1886, he also took part in the Nile Expedition between 1884 and 1885.^[2] He was promoted to major-general in 1898 and became Assistant Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1900.^[2] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent on 8 January 1900,^[3] and of Cornwall on 19 March.^[4] He retired from the army on 9 August 1902.^[5]

Boscawen succeeded to the title of 7th Viscount Falmouth on 6 November 1889.^[2]

Family

He married the Hon. Kathleen Douglas-Pennant, eldest daughter of Lord Penrhyn, on 19 October 1886 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge^[2]^[6] Their daughter, Kathleen Pamela Mary Corona (1902–1995), the actress known by the stage name Pamela Carme, married theatrical manager Henry Sherek.^[7]

According to Lady Randolph Churchill's sisters, he might have had a liaison with her, and might have been the biological father of John Strange Spencer-Churchill, the younger brother of Winston Churchill.^[8]

References

^ "Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2014.(subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Burke's Peerage
^ "No. 27154". The London Gazette. 16 January 1900. p. 296.
^ "No. 27176". The London Gazette. 23 March 1900. p. 1969.
^ "No. 27462". The London Gazette. 8 August 1902. p. 5101.
^ "Col Boscawen's Wedding". The Cornishman. No. 433. 28 October 1886. p. 6.
^ Darlington, W. A. (2004). "Henry Sherek". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36063. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Sebba, Anne. American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, Norton, 2008

Sources

Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003

Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord William Seymour	Colonel of the Coldstream Guards 1915–1918	Succeeded by Sir Alfred Codrington
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Evelyn Boscawen	Viscount Falmouth 1889–1918	Succeeded by Evelyn Boscawen
Preceded by Mary Boscawen	Baron le Despencer 1891–1918	Succeeded by Evelyn Boscawen

[1] "Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2014.(subscription required)

[burke-2] Burke's Peerage

[3] "No. 27154". The London Gazette. 16 January 1900. p. 296.

[4] "No. 27176". The London Gazette. 23 March 1900. p. 1969.

[5] "No. 27462". The London Gazette. 8 August 1902. p. 5101.

[6] "Col Boscawen's Wedding". The Cornishman. No. 433. 28 October 1886. p. 6.

[Darlington-7] Darlington, W. A. (2004). "Henry Sherek". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36063. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] Sebba, Anne. American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, Norton, 2008

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