George Henry Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth (8 July 1811 – 29 August 1852), styled Lord Boscawen-Rose between 1821 and 1841, was a British peer and politician.
Falmouth was the son of
Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth
Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth (10 May 1787 – 29 December 1841), known as the Viscount Falmouth between 1808 and 1821, was a British peer and politician.
Background
Falmouth was the son of George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth and El ...
and Anne Frances Bankes.
He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for
Cornwall West in July 1841, a seat he held until December of the same year, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the
House of Lords
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Lord Falmouth died in August 1852, aged 41. On his death, the earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the viscountcy of Falmouth and barony of Boscawen-Rose by his first cousin, Evelyn Boscawen.
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1811 births
1852 deaths
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