BOSTON 227 BOSCAWEN-ROSE i.e. "BoscAWEN-RosE, Cornwall," Barony (5ojfrtWfK), see "Falmouth," Viscountcy, cr. 1720. BOSCO see BOIS BOSTON i.e. " Boston, co. Lincoln," Viscountcy {d' Auverquerque), see " Grant- ham " Earldom of, cr. 1698; extinct 1754. BARONY. I. William Irby, only s. and h. of Sir Edward I., J ^ Bart., (so cr. 13 Apr. 1704) of Whapload and Boston, ' ■ CO. Lincoln, by Dorothy, sister and coh. of Brigadier Gen. Thomas Paget, yr. da. of Henry P., was b. 8 Mar. 1706/7; sue. his father 11 Nov. 1718; Page of Honour to George I 27 Feb. 1723/4; to George II 20 Jan. 1727/8; Equerry to the Prince of Wales 10 Dec. 1728-36; M.P. (Tory) for Launceston 1735-47; Vice Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales i Aug. 1736-51; M.P. for Bodmin 1747-61; Lord Chamberlain to the Princess Dowager of Wales 1751 till her death in 1772. He was, on 10 Apr. 1761, cr. BARON BOSTON of Boston, CO. Lincoln. Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords 1770-75. He m., 26 Aug. i746,() Albinia, da. of Henry Selwyn, of Matson, co. Gloucester, by Ruth, da. of Anthony Compton, of Gainslaw, Northumberland. She, who was b. 1719, and was sometime Maid of Honour to the Princess of Wales, d. or 2 Apr. 1769, and was bur. at Whiston, Northants. He d. 30 Mar. 1775, and was bur. at Whiston afsd., aged 68. Will pr. Apr. 1775.C) II. 1775. 2. Frederick. (Irby), Baron Boston, s. and h., b. 9 June 1749. Ed. at St. John's Coll. Cambridge; M.A. 1769; cr. D.C.L. (Oxford) 8 July 1763. "F.S.A. 8 Jan. 1778. Lord of the Bedchamber 1780 till his death. In politics he was a Tory. He »?., 15 May 1775, Christiana, da. of Paul Methuen, of Corsham, Wilts, by Catharine, da. and coh. of Sir George Cobb, Bart. Vied. 23 Mar. 1825, in Lower Grosvenor Str., aged 75. Will pr. May 1825. His widow d. 9 May 1832. Will pr. June 1832. III. 1825. 3. George (Irby), Baron Boston, s. and h., b. in Grosvenor Str., 27 Dec. 1777, and bap. 28 Jan. 1778, the King (by proxy) being one of the sponsors. Ed. at Eton. Was sometime (*) Mrs. Delany remarks on the marriage, "She is a lucky girl, for he is a very good sort of man." V.G. C") He purchased the manor and estate of Hedsor, Bucks, in 1 764, where his s. and h., the 2nd Baron, erected the present (191 1) mansion in 1778, built on a higher elevation than the old manor house.
