Earl of Falmouth

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Coat of arms of the Earls of Falmouth (1821)

Earl of Falmouth was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of England and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The title is named after the town of Falmouth in Cornwall .

Awards

The title was first created on March 17, 1664 in the Peerage of England for Charles Berkeley, 1st Viscount Fitzhardinge , along with the subordinate title Baron Botetourt , of Langport in the County of Somerset. He had already been raised on July 14, 1663 in the Peerage of Ireland to Viscount Fitzhardinge , of Berehaven in the County of Kerry, and Baron Berkeley , of Rathdowne in the County of Wicklow. The earldom and the English barony went out on June 3, 1665, when the earl died childless. The Irish titles were given with a special note in favor of his father and his other sons and fell to them.

In the second award, the title was awarded on July 14, 1821 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Edward Boscawen, 4th Viscount Falmouth . In 1808 he had inherited the titles Viscount Falmouth and Baron Boscawen-Rose from his father , which had been bestowed on his great-grandfather on June 9, 1720. The earldom expired with the childless death of his son, the 2nd Earl, the other titles fell to his cousin as the 6th Viscount.

List of the Earls of Falmouth

Earls of Falmouth, first bestowal (1664)

Earls of Falmouth, second bestowal (1821)

literature

  • Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .

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