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Hugh Boscawen (1625–1701)

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at Blackmore in 1673 and commissioner for recusants in Cornwall in 1675. By 1690 he was recorder of Tregoney. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in 1689 and held the seat until his death in 1701. Boscawen was very active in all the parliaments in which he sat, and as a strong Protestant was considered
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Foster,Joseph, Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1882, London, 1882, p.273, quoted by Kain, Roger & Ravenhill, William, (eds.) Historical Atlas of South-West England, Exeter, 1999,
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for Grampound until the Cornwall seat was restored to him on petition in July. He was a colonel of the Militia from April 1660 to 1680, and a commissioner for
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in which he attacked the abuses of the Protectorate. In December he signed the Cornish address for a free parliament.
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in 1651 and was again commissioner for assessment in 1657. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in 1659 for the
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the "great pillar of the presbyterians". From 1698 until his death he was governor of St Mawes.
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Bridget Boscawen (d.1708), married Hugh Fortescue (1665–1719), MP, of Penwarne, Cornwall and
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in 1648. From 1647 to 1652 he was commissioner for assessment for Cornwall. He became a
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
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Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
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where he was the principal landowner. The Chacewater mine, now known as
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by his wife Margaret Rolle, daughter of Robert Rolle (1560–1633) of
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In 1651 Boscawen married Lady Margaret Clinton, eldest daughter of
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on the western circuit in July 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for
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Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, 12th Baron Clinton
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Most of his Cornish Estates, including the family seat at
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In 1660 Boscawen stood for parliament at Cornwall and at
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Edward Clinton, 5th Earl of Lincoln, 13th Baron Clinton
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Hugh Boscawen (disambiguation)

House of Commons
Tregothnan
Cornwall
Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe
Charles Boscawen
Edward Boscawen
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth
Chacewater
Gwennap
Wheal Busy
Member of Parliament
Cornwall
Long Parliament
Pride's Purge
J.P.
Third Protectorate Parliament
Grampound
Convention Parliament
oyer and terminer
Tregoney
Cavalier Parliament
stannator
Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, 12th Baron Clinton
Edward Clinton, 5th Earl of Lincoln, 13th Baron Clinton
Filleigh
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clinton, 14th Baron Clinton
Castle Hill
Tregothnan

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