Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth

Evelyn Boscawen
Born 18 March 1819
Died 6 November 1889(1889-11-06) (aged 70)
Residence Tregothnan
Nationality British
Alma mater Eton College
University of Oxford
Occupation Horse breeder
Spouse(s) Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton
Children Mary Elizabeth Frances Catherine
Evelyn Edward Thomas
Hugh le Despencer
Edith Maria
Mabel Emma
John Richard De Clare
Parent(s) John Evelyn Boscawen and Catherine Elizabeth Annesley

Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (18 March 1819 – 6 November 1889), was a breeder of race horses and the winner of many classic races.

Personal life

His parents were the Reverend Hon John Evelyn Boscawen, Canon of Canterbury, (1790 – 12 April 1851) and Catherine Elizabeth Annesley (died 30 July 1859).[1] Boscawen was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford and was called to the bar in 1841. On his marriage to Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton (24 March 1822 – 20 November 1891) on 29 July 1845, he acquired Mereworth Castle, near Maidstone, Kent. His wife was the 17th Baroness le Despencer. They had six children:-

  1. Hon Mary Elizabeth Frances Catherine (1846 – 21 January 1916)
  2. Evelyn Edward Thomas (24 July 1847 – 1 October 1918)
  3. Hon Hugh le Despenser (28 February 1849 – 8 April 1908). Married Lady Mary Fitzwilliam daughter of the William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
  4. Hon Edith Maria (1851 – 24 September 1906)
  5. Hon Mabel Emma (1855 – 26 October 1927)
  6. Hon John Richard de Clare (19 December 1860 – 12 December 1915)[2]

On the death of his cousin, George Boscawen (8 July 1811 – 29 August 1852), he succeeded to the titles of Viscount and 6th Baron of Boscawen Rose, Cornwall. He also succeeded to the family seat of the Boscawens at Tregothnan.[3][2]

Lord Falmouth died on 6 November 1889 and is buried at St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth.[4]

Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth, in a caricature by Leslie Ward.

Horse racing

In 1845 following his marriage, he had access to Mereworth Castle in Kent which became the site of a large and successful stud, breeding Thoroughbred horses, and winning many classic races. He originally used the pseudonym, Mr Valentine when he first started to race horses; his horses first trained with John Scott at Malton, North Yorkshire and when Scott died in 1871 he trained with Mathew Dawson at Newmarket.[3]

Some of his horses:-

[3][6][7]

The Falmouth Stakes was named in honour of Evelyn Boscawen and established in 1911. Originally restricted to three-year-old fillies it is now open to fillies and mares aged three years or older and run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and is scheduled to take place each year in July.

Tregothnan Botanical Gardens

The gardens are first recorded in 1695 by the traveller, Celia Fiennes, in her book Through England on a Side-Saddle, when she visited Hugh Boscawen, a relative through marriage. The present gardens were developed by Evelyn Boscawen and his brother the Honourable and Reverend John Townshend Boscawen, who was rector of the nearby parish of Lamorran.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Falmouth, Viscount (GB, 1720)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth". The Peerage. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Owners and Breeders". Throughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Funeral of the late Lord Falmouth". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. 12 November 1889. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Lord Falmouth's Turf Successes". The Cornishman (48). 12 June 1879. p. 7.
  6. ↑ Jeju (15 March 1879). "The Science of Breeding". The Cornishman (44). p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Lord Falmouth's Weed-Out". The Cornishman (64). 2 October 1879. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Botanical Gardens". Tregothnan. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Boscawen		 Viscount Falmouth
1852–1889 		Succeeded by
Evelyn Boscawen
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