Hugh Boscawen (died 1795) was a British politician and office holder who sat in the

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from 1774 to 1790. Boscawen was one of three illegitimate children of

Hugh Boscawen, 2nd Viscount Falmouth General Hugh Boscawen, 2nd Viscount Falmouth (20 March 1707 – 4 February 1782), styled The Honourable Hugh Boscawen between 1720 and 1734, was a British soldier and politician. Boscawen was the eldest son of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth ...

. He married Anne and had three sons and a daughter. He was appointed Clerk of the Cheque to the

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in February 1772, while his father was

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and held the post until his death.The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard
/ref> In the 1774 general election Boscawen was returned unopposed as

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for

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where the Boscawens had an interest. He was returned unopposed again in

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. His father died on 4 February 1782 and he inherited £30,000, the manor of St. Antony in Cornwall, and the Boscawen interest at St Mawes. He was returned unopposed on his own interest in 1784 but then apparently sold his interest at St Mawes to the Marquess of Buckingham, who controlled the other seat in the borough. It was expected in 1788 that his tenure of St. Mawes would expire at the end of the parliament as Pitt had promised him the office of

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, and he did not stand in

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. There is no record of his having spoken in the House. Boscawen was duly appointed Knight Marshal of the Household and Marshal of the Marshalsea in 1792 on the death of Sir Sidney Meadows. He died on 4 September 1795.

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