George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth
Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall (1919–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Hugh Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth, DL (31 October 1919 – 7 March 2022), was a British peer and landowner. His subsidiary titles were 9th Baron Boscawen-Rose and 16th Baron le Despencer (created in 1264 in the Peerage of England). An officer in the Coldstream Guards, he was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1977 to 1994.
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The Viscount Falmouth | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 18 February 1962 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
Preceded by | The 8th Viscount Falmouth |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | George Hugh Boscawen 31 October 1919 |
Died | 7 March 2022 (aged 102) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Price Browne
(m. 1953; died 2007) |
Parent(s) | Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen Mary Margaret Desiree Meynell |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1939–1946 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Coldstream Guards |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Mentioned in dispatches |
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