Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth
English aristocrat and army officer
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Major-General Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, KCVO, CB (24 July 1847 – 1 October 1918) was a British peer and British Army officer.
The Viscount Falmouth | |
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In Vanity Fair, 6 January 1898 | |
| Born | 24 July 1847 |
| Died | 1 October 1918 (aged 71) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch |  British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Conflicts | Anglo-Egyptian War Nile Expedition |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Spouse |
Hon. Kathleen Douglas-Pennant
(m. 1886) |
| Children | 5 including Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth |
Early life
Lord Falmouth was born on 24 July 1847, the eldest son of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth, and the 13th Baroness le Despenser.[1]
Military career
Boscawen was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards: he played cricket for the Household Brigade and then for the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.[2] 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 1884 and 1885.[3] He was promoted to major-general in 1898 and became Assistant Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1900.[3] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent on 8 January 1900,[4] and of Cornwall on 19 March.[5] He retired from the army on 9 August 1902.[6]
Boscawen succeeded to the title of 7th Viscount Falmouth on 6 November 1889.[3]
Family
He married the Hon. Kathleen Douglas-Pennant, eldest daughter of Lord Penrhyn, on 19 October 1886 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge[3][7] Their daughter, Kathleen Pamela Mary Corona (1902–1995), the actress known by the stage name Pamela Carme, married theatrical manager Henry Sherek.[8]
According to Lady Randolph Churchill's sisters, he might have had a liaison with her, and might have been the biological father of John Strange Spencer-Churchill, the younger brother of Winston Churchill.[9]
