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Admiral The Right Honourable
Edward Boscawen
Portrait of Edward Boscawen by Joshua Reynolds, circa 1825
Nickname(s)
Old Dreadnought[1]: 281 Wry-necked Dick[1]: 100
Born
(1711-08-19)19 August 1711 Tregothnan, Cornwall, England
Died
10 January 1761(1761-01-10) (aged 49) Hatchlands Park, Surrey, England
Buried
St Michael Penkevil, Cornwall, England
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1723–1761
Rank
Admiral of the Blue
Commands held
HMS Leopard
HMS Shoreham
HMS Prince Frederick
HMS Dreadnought
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
Lord of the Admiralty Board
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
Senior Naval Lord
Battles/wars
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) War of Jenkins' Ear
Battle of Porto Bello
Battle of Cartagena de Indias
War of the Austrian Succession
Planned French invasion of Britain (1744)
First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
Siege of Pondicherry (1748)
Seven Years' War
Action of 8 June 1755
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
Battle of Lagos
Relations
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth George Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth George Evelyn Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth Edward Boscawen, 4th Viscount Falmouth Lieutenant General the Hon. George Boscawen
Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, PC (19 August 1711 – 10 January 1761) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall, England.[2] He is known principally for his various naval commands during the 18th century and the engagements that he won, including the siege of Louisburg in 1758 and Battle of Lagos in 1759.[2] He is also remembered as the officer who signed the warrant authorising the execution of Admiral John Byng in 1757, for failing to engage the enemy at the Battle of Minorca (1756).[2] In his political role, he served as a Member of Parliament for Truro from 1742 until his death although due to almost constant naval employment he seems not to have been particularly active. He also served as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on the Board of Admiralty from 1751 and as a member of the Privy Council from 1758 until his death in 1761.
^ abThe Naval Chronicle. Vol. 11. London: I. Gold.
^ abc"Boscawen, Edward (1711-1761)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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