Edward Boscawen

(1711-1761)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761 NRA: Boscawen, Edward (1711-1761) Admiral DNB: Boscawen, Edward (1711-1761), naval officer and politician LBT ID: EdBosca1761 VIAF ID: 58943415 LOC ID: nr92011904	B/BAP: 1711-08-19 DIED: 1761-01-10
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com/p2466.htm#i24658; LOC Name Authority File
Naval officer; he was commander-in-chief of the East Indies (1747), vice-admiral (1755), and admiral of the blue (1758) when he conducted the siege of Louisburg.
REFERENCES TO Edward Boscawen: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 62