Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

Not to be confused with Hugh Boscawen (1625–1701).

Arms of Boscawen: Ermine, a rose gules barbed and seeded proper

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth PC (pronounced "Boscowen")[1] (/bɒsˈkoʊ.ən/ bos-KOH-ən;[2] ca. 1680 – 25 October 1734), was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for Cornish constituencies from 1702 until 1720 when he was raised to the peerage.[3]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968
  2. ^ Miller, G. M. (1971). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names. Oxford University Press. p. 18.
  3. ^ Courtney, William Prideaux (1886). "Boscawen, Hugh" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.