Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth

The Viscount Falmouth
Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth
Born	24 July 1847
Died	1 October 1918 (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.^[1] 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.^[2] He was promoted to major-general in 1898 and became Assistant Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1900.^[2] He succeeded to the title of 7th Viscount Falmouth on 6 November 1889.^[2]

Family

He married Hon. Kathleen Douglas-Pennant on 19 October 1886.^[2] Their daughter, Kathleen Pamela Mary Corona (1902–1995), the actress Pamela Carme, married theatrical manager Henry Sherek.^[3]

According to Lady Randolph Churchill's sisters, he could have had a liaison with her and so have been the biological father of John Strange Spencer-Churchill, the younger brother of former Prime minister Winston Churchill.^[4]

References

1. "Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
2. Burke's Peerage
3. Darlington, W. A. (2004). "Henry Sherek". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
4. Sebba, Anne. American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, Norton, 2008

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