Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth

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Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth
Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth
Born24 July 1847
Died1 October 1918
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsAnglo-Egyptian War
Nile Expedition
AwardsKnight 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 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 1894 and 1895.[2] He was promoted to major-general in 1898 and became Assistant Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1900.[2] He succeeded to the title of 7th Viscount Falmouth on 6 November 1889.[2]

Family

He married Hon. Kathleen Douglas-Pennant on 19 October 1886.[2] Their daughter, Kathleen Pamela Mary Corona (1902–1995), the actress, Pamela Carme, married theatrical manager Henry Sherek.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage
  3. ^ Darlington, W. A. (2004). "Henry Sherek". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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


Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the Coldstream Guards
1915–1918 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Viscount Falmouth
1889–1918 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Baron le Despencer
1891–1918
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