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BOSCAWEN, EDWARD (1711-1761)

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BOSCAWEN, See also:EDWARD (1711-1761) , See also:British See also:admiral, was See also:born on the 19th of See also:August 1711. He was the third son of See also:Hugh, 1st See also:Viscount See also:Falmouth: He See also:early entered the See also:navy, and in 1739 distinguished himself at the taking of See also:Porto See also:Bello, At the See also:siege of See also:Cartagena, in See also:March 1741, at the See also:head of a party of See also:seamen, he took a See also:battery of fifteen 24-pounders, while exposed to the See also:fire of another fort. On his return to See also:England in the following See also:year he married, and entered See also:parliament as member for See also:Truro. In 1744 he captured the See also:French See also:frigate " Medee," commanded by M. de Hocquart, the first See also:ship taken in the See also:war. In May 1747 he signalized himself in the engagement off Cape Finisterre, and was wounded in the See also:shoulder with a See also:musket-See also:ball. Hocquart again became his prisoner, and the French See also:ships, ten in number, were taken. On the 15th of See also:July he was made See also:rear-admiral and See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the expedition to the See also:East Indies. On the 29th of July 1748 he arrived off Fort St See also:David's, and soon after laid siege to See also:Pondicherry; but the sickness of his men and the approach of the monsoons led to the raising of the siege. Soon afterwards he received See also:news of the See also:peace, and See also:Madras was delivered up to him by the French. In See also:April 1750 he arrived in England, and was the next year made one of the lords of the See also:Admiralty, and chosen an See also:elder See also:brother of the Trinity See also:House. In See also:February 1755 he was appointed See also:vice-admiral, and in April he intercepted the French See also:squadron See also:bound to See also:North See also:America, and took the " Alcide " and" Lys "of sixty-four guns each. Hoc-quart became his prisoner for the third See also:time, and Boscawen returned to Spithead with his prizes and 1500 prisoners.

For this exploit, he received the thanks of parliament. In 1758 he was appointed admiral of the See also:

blue and commander-in-chief of the expedition to Cape See also:Breton, when, in See also:conjunction with See also:General See also:Amherst, he took the fortress of See also:Louisburg, and the See also:island of Cape Breton—services for which he again received the thanks of the House of See also:Commons. In 1759, being appointed to command in the Mediterranean, he pursued the French See also:fleet, commanded by M. de la See also:Clue, and after a See also:sharp engagement in See also:Lagos See also:Bay took three large ships and burnt two, returning to Spithead with his prizes and 2000 prisoners. The victory defeated the proposed concentration of the French fleet in See also:Brest to See also:cover an invasion of England. In See also:December 176o he was appointed general of the See also:marines, with a See also:salary of 3000 per annum, and was also sworn a member of the privy See also:council. He died at his seat near See also:Guildford on the loth of See also:January 1761.

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