| 词条 | Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth |
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| name = The Viscount Falmouth | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 18 March 1819 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1889|11|6|1819|3|18}} | nationality = British | occupation = Horse breeder | networth = | religion = | spouse = Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton | children = Mary Elizabeth Frances Catherine Evelyn Edward Thomas Hugh le Despencer Edith Maria Mabel Emma John Richard De Clare | residence = Tregothnan | alma_mater = Eton College University of Oxford | website = | signature = | parents = John Evelyn Boscawen and Catherine Elizabeth Annesley }} Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (18 March 1819 – 6 November 1889), was a breeder of race horses and the winner of many classic races. Personal lifeHis parents were the Reverend Hon John Evelyn Boscawen, Canon of Canterbury, (1790– 12 April 1851) and Catherine Elizabeth Annesley (died 30 July 1859).[1] Boscawen was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford and was called to the bar in 1841. On his marriage to Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton (24 March 1822 – 20 November 1891) on 29 July 1845, he acquired Mereworth Castle, near Maidstone, Kent. His wife was the 17th Baroness le Despencer. They had six children:-
On the death of his cousin, George Boscawen (8 July 1811 – 29 August 1852), he succeeded to the titles of Viscount and 6th Baron of Boscawen Rose, Cornwall. He also succeeded to the family seat of the Boscawens at Tregothnan.[4][3] Lord Falmouth died on 6 November 1889 and is buried at St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth.[5] Horse racingIn 1845 following his marriage, he had access to Mereworth Castle in Kent which became the site of a large and successful stud, breeding Thoroughbred horses, and winning many classic races. He originally used the pseudonym Mr Valentine when he first started to race horses; his horses were first trained by John Scott at Malton, North Yorkshire and when Scott died in 1871 he had them trained by Mathew Dawson at Newmarket.[4] Fred Archer, an apprentice of Dawson's, became Lord Falmouth's retained jockey in 1874 following Archer's win in that years 2,000 Guineas. Archer is described by the National Horseracing Museum as ″... the best all-round jockey that the Turf has ever seen ...″, winning 2,748 races including 21 Classics — over half were for Lord Falmouth.[6] Lord Falmouth was first in the list of winning owners in 1877, 1878 and 1880, and finished second in 1879. His winnings for 1880 was £16,061 with Bal Gal winning eight races and contributing more than £10,000 in prize money.[7] His success in the Classics was such that Lord Rosebery had a special form printed on which to send him congratulations.[8] Classic race victories{{flagicon|Great Britain}} Great Britain
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The Falmouth Stakes was named in honour of Evelyn Boscawen and established in 1911. Originally restricted to three-year-old fillies it is now open to fillies and mares aged three years or older and run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres). It is scheduled to take place each year in July. Tregothnan Botanical GardensThe gardens are first recorded in 1695 by the traveller, Celia Fiennes, in her book Through England on a Side-Saddle, when she visited Hugh Boscawen, a relative through marriage. The present gardens were developed by Evelyn Boscawen and his brother the Honourable and Reverend John Townshend Boscawen, who was rector of the nearby parish of Lamorran.[12] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Falmouth, Viscount (GB, 1720)|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/falmouth1720.htm|website=Cracroft's Peerage|accessdate=11 January 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-reg|gb}}{{s-bef | before= George Boscawen}}{{s-ttl | title=Viscount Falmouth | years=1852–1889}}{{s-aft | rows=1 | after= Evelyn Boscawen}}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Boscawen, Evelyn}}2. ^{{cite news |title=Marriage of Lord Falmouths's Daughter |work=The Cornishman |issue=197 |date=20 April 1882 |page=4}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p3629.htm|website=The Peerage|accessdate=15 January 2016}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Owners and Breeders|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Breeders/Boscawen/Boscawen.htm|website=Throughbred Bloodlines|accessdate=12 January 2016}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Funeral of the late Lord Falmouth |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |date=12 November 1889 |page=7 }} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Archer, Frederick James (1857 – 1886)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=973|website=National Horseracing Museum|accessdate=13 December 2016}} 7. ^1 {{cite news|title=Statistics|work=The Cornishman|issue=130|date=6 January 1881|page=7}} 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Tanner|first1=Michael |last2=Cranham|first2=Gerry |title=Great Jockeys of the Flat - A celebration of two centuries of jockeyship|year=1992|publisher=Guinness|isbn=978-0-85112-989-1|ref=harv}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Lord Falmouth's Turf Successes|work=The Cornishman|issue=48|date=12 June 1879|page=7}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Jeju|title=The Science of Breeding|work=The Cornishman|issue=44|date=15 March 1879|page=6}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Lord Falmouth's Weed-Out|work=The Cornishman|issue=64|date=2 October 1879|page=6}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Botanical Gardens|url=https://tregothnan.co.uk/about/living-estate/botanical-gardens/|website=Tregothnan|accessdate=12 January 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103640/https://tregothnan.co.uk/about/living-estate/botanical-gardens/|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=}} 8 : 1819 births|1889 deaths|Boscawen family|British racehorse owners and breeders|Cornish people|Owners of Epsom Derby winners|People educated at Eton College|Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain |
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