Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

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Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

by and published by Edward Harding
stipple engraving, published 1800
7 3/8 in. x 5 1/2 in. (188 mm x 140 mm) plate size; 12 5/8 in. x 8 3/8 in. (321 mm x 214 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D27437

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  • Edward Harding (1755-1840), Engraver, publisher and librarian to Queen Charlotte. Artist or producer associated with 189 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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More information may be seen at https://archive.org/details/peerageofengland06colluoft
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical Vol. 6
"Hugh, was created Viscount Falmouth, &c. In the reign of Queen Anne he was a member in several parliaments for the county of Cornwall, and boroughs of Truro, and Penryn ; and was groom of the bed-chamber to his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark, and attended in that post at his funeral, on November 13th, 1708. He was constituted warden of the stannaries on April 30th, I708; and on the accession of George I. was made comptroller of his Majesty's household, and sworn h of the privy-council, on October 12th, 1714. On June 13th, 1720, in the sixth of that reign, he was created Baron of Boscawen Rose, and Viscount Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall. On April 3d, 1724, he was appointed vice-treasurer of Ireland, &c. and on his resignation of that post, was constituted lord warden of the Stannaries....