FALKLAND— FALMOUTH. 313 XI. 1884. 11. PtANTAOBNEi Pierrepont (Cary), Viscount op Falkland, &c. [S.], br. and h.,4. S Sep. 1S00 ; entered the Royal Navy, ; served in the Burmese war ; Admiral on the reserved list, 1870. lie m. 27 May 1848, at St. Geo. Han. Sq., Mary Anne, only child of John Francis Maubkiit, of Norwood, Surrey. She (/. 2 Jan. 1863. lie d. s.p., at South Norwood Hill, 1 Feb. 18S6, and wad bur. at All Saints, Lower Norwood, Surrey. Will pr. 29 Mareh following above .0104,000. XII. 188G. 12. Byron Plantagenet (Gary), Viscount of Falk- land and Lord Cauve [S.], nephew aud h. being s. and h. of Capt. tlio Hon. Byron Charles Ferdinand Plantagenet Cart, by Selina Mary, da. of the Key. Francis Fox, of Fox Hall, co. Longford, which Byron, last named, was yr. br. of the 10th aud 11th Viscounts, being 3d and yst. s. of the 9th Viscount. He was 6. 3 April 1 S 15 ; ed. at Cheltenham Coll., and at Sandhurst; Eusigu -19th Foot, 1863, exchanging to the 35th, in 1888, and retiring, 1SS3, with the rank of Lieut. Col. He ID. 26 Sep. 1879, Mary, da. of Robert; Reade, of New York, U.S.A. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 3,011 acres, co. York, worth £4,461 n year. Principal Residence- Scutterskelfe, near Yarm, co. York. FALMOUTH. George (Berkeley), Viscount Fitz Hardinge, &c. [I.], was, on 17 March 1664, cr. BARON BOTETOURT OF LANGPORT co. Somerset and EARL OF FALMOUTH. He d. s.p.m., 3 June 1665, w hen these (last named) honours became extinct. See fuller account under " Frrz Hardinge," Viscountey [I.], cr. 1663, ex. 1712. Viscountcy. Gf.orce Fitzroy, was, on 1 Oct. 1G74, cr. BARON I 1 G74 0F PONTEFRACT, VISCOUNT FALMOUTH and EARL OF " tQ NORTHUMBERLAND. See the latter title. All his honours , p became extinct at his death, 2S June 1716. Earldom. I. 1GG4 to 1GG5. II. 1720. 1. Hugh Boscawen, of Tregotlman, co. Cornwall, 1st and only surv. s. of Edward B., by Jael, sister of Sidney, Earl of Godolfhin, da. of Sir Francis Godolphin, K.B., was b. about 1680 ; Groom of the Bedchamber to the young Duke of Gloucester, 169S ; was M.P. for Tregony, 1702-05 ; for Cornwall, 1705-10; for Truro, 1710-13, and for Penrbyn, 1713-S0 ; Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark, 1702 08 ; Warden of the Stannaries, 1708-10, and again in 1734, Comptroller of the Household, 1714-20, and P.O. 1714. Being zealously attached to the House of Hanover, it was chiefly by his exertions that Cornwall (whero "James 111" had been proclaimed " King" in 1715) was kept (piiet. He was joint Vice Treasurer of Ireland, 1717-34 ; P.C. [I.], &c. He was on 9 Juno 1720, cr. BARON OF BOSCAWL'N ROSE aud VISCOUNT FALMOUTH, both co. Cornwall (») He m. 23 April 1700, in Westm. Abbey, Charlotte, 1st da. aud coheir of Charles Godfrey, Master of the Penzance Jewel office, by Arabella, sister of John (Churchill), 1st Duke of Marlborough. He d. suddenly at Trefusis, 25 Oct. 1734, and was bur. 6 Nov. at St. Michael Penkevil, Cornwall. Will dat. 3 Apr. 1734, pr. 21 Jan. 1734/5. His widow, who was Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, d. 22 March 1754, and was bur. 2 April at Penkevil afsd.( b ) Her admon. 2 March 1763. (") He is said to have been "for some time discontented at the delay in his advancement to that position." Seo "Stephen's " Nat. Biogr." ( b ) She tried to bribe Lady Suudou (Thomsou's " Life of Lady Bundon," ii, 316-19), to obUin her the place of a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline, the Queen Consort. Sec Stephen's "Nat- Biogr."
