The Viscount Falmouth | |
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| Member of theHouse of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 18 February 1962 – 11 November 1999 as ahereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 8th Viscount Falmouth |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Hugh Boscawen 31 October 1919 |
| Died | 7 March 2022 (aged 102) |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen Mary Margaret Desiree Meynell |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Service years | 1939–1946 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Coldstream Guards |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Mentioned in dispatches |
George Hugh Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth,DL (31 October 1919 – 7 March 2022), was a Britishpeer andlandowner. His subsidiary titles were 9thBaron Boscawen-Rose and 16thBaron le Despencer (created in 1264 in thePeerage of England). An officer in theColdstream Guards, he wasLord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1977 to 1994.
Boscawen was the second son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth, by his marriage to Mary Margaret Desiree, daughter of Hon. Frederick George Lindley Meynell (née Wood; in 1905 he assumed part of the married name of his sister,Emily Meynell Ingram, on inheriting estates from her),[1]High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1910, son of the politicianCharles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax. Mary's mother, Lady Mary Susan Felice, was a daughter of the art collector and historianAlexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.[2]
Like his younger brotherRobert, he was educated atEton andTrinity College, Cambridge, and from 1939 to 1946 served in theColdstream Guards. Commissioned a second lieutenant on 2 November 1940, he was promoted war-substantive lieutenant on 2 May 1942.[3] On 21 May 1940, Boscawen's elder brother, Hon. Evelyn Frederick Vere Boscawen, also a Coldstream Guards officer, was killed in action, leaving him as heir to the family titles and estates.[4] During theSecond World War he saw active service in Italy,[5] for which he wasmentioned in dispatches.[6]
In 1962, he succeeded asViscount Falmouth on the death of his father. In 1968, he was appointed aDeputy Lieutenant forCornwall, then in 1977 became the county'sLord Lieutenant, retiring in 1994 on reaching the age of seventy-five.[5]
In 1982, as chairman of the governing body ofTruro Cathedral School, Falmouth took the decision to close the school, because of "deteriorating finances". In a letter to parents he stated that this decision had been taken "with very great reluctance, after exploring all possible alternatives".[7]
In 1986 he served as Master of theWorshipful Company of Clockmakers, a position his father had held in 1959.[8]
He died on 7 March 2022 at the age of 102.[9][10] His funeral took place atTruro Cathedral.[10]
Boscawen married Elizabeth Price Browne (1925 – 28 July 2007), who was a Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall and an Officer of theMost Excellent Order of the British Empire; on 9 May 1953. They had four sons:
Boscawen was succeeded by his oldest son, the Hon. Evelyn George Boscawen. All three generations, paternal grandfather, father and son, are Etonians and lived or live on and manage theTregothnan Estate.[11]
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| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1977–1994 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by | Viscount Falmouth 1962–2022 Member of theHouse of Lords (1962–1999) | Succeeded by |
