Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth

The Viscount Falmouth
File:Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth Vanity Fair 6 January 1898.jpg Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth
Born	24 July 1847
Died	1 October 1918 (1918-11) (aged 71)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Anglo-Egyptian War Nile Expedition
Awards	Knight 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. 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. He was promoted to major-general in 1898 and became Assistant Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1900. He succeeded to the title of 7th Viscount Falmouth on 6 November 1889.

Family

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

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 Lord William Seymour	Colonel of the Coldstream Guards 1915–1918	Succeeded by Sir Alfred Codrington
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Evelyn Boscawen	Viscount Falmouth 1889–1918	Succeeded by Evelyn Boscawen
Preceded by Mary Boscawen	Baron le Despencer 1891–1918