Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth PC (pronounced "Boscowen") (/bɒsˈkoʊ.ən/ bos-KOH-ən; ca. 1680 – 25 October 1734), was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for Cornish constituencies from 1702 until 1720 when he was raised to the peerage.

Not to be confused with Hugh Boscawen (1625–1701).

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