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HERA 
of Kinfale, in i6or. He was fucceffively prefident of 
the province of Munfter, and mailer of the ordnance in 
Ireland. He exchanged this office, April 3, 1616, for 
that of lord deputy of the kingdom of Ireland; in 
which employment he continued till June 3, 1622, when 
he was created by James I . vifcount Grandifon of Lim¬ 
erick in that kingdom, with remainder to the ilfue of lir 
Edward Villiers, brother of .George firft duke of Buck¬ 
ingham. He was , constituted, June 13, 1625, lofd high 
treafurerof the lcingdorh of Ireland ; and by Charles I. 
May 21, 1626, created baron Tregoze of Highworth in 
the county of Wilts. Upon his death, Deceiuber 30, 
1630, this title^became extindf. 
John, fon of John brother to lord vifcount Grandifon, 
was created a baronet by James I. May 22, 1611 ; and, 
embracing the party of Charles I. had three of his fons 
killed in the civil war. Sir Walter, third baronet, his 
fon, married Joanna, daughter of Oliver Saint John, 
lord chief juftice of the court of common pleas. Sir 
Henry, fourth baronet, the iffu'e of this marriage, was 
created by George I. baron Saint John of Batterfea, and 
vifcount Saint John; and had i flue Henry; and John, 
fecond lord vifcount Saint John. He died in April 1742. 
Henry, the eldeft fon, polfelfed all thofe accomplilh- 
ments which character! fe a fuperior genius. 'He was 
graceful in his perfon, and of a captivating eloquence. 
The fly le of his compofitions is rich, nervous, full of the 
ftrongeft reflections, and the molt lively imagination. 
He was equally fkilled in philofophy and in politics, and 
cultivated the acquaintance of the firft literary charac¬ 
ters of his age. In his youth he was educated in the 
houfe of his great uncle, lord chief juftice'Saint John. 
He was appointed, April 20, 1704, fecretary of war to 
queen Anne ; which office he refigned in February 1708, 
at the fame time that Harley, afterwards earl of Oxford, 
refigned the office of fecretary of ftate. Upon the dif- 
miflion of the whig miniftry in 1710, Mr. Saint John was 
conftituted one of the principal fecretaries of ftate, and 
two years after created baron Saint John of Lydiard 
Tregoze, and vifcount Bolingbroke, with remainder to 
lord vifcount Saint John, his father. Upon the accef- 
ifion of George I. he was difmifted from office. The 
cl lief ineafure of his adminiftration was the peace of 
Utrecht; and at the clofe of the reign of queen Anne, a 
violent mifunderftanding broke out betvyeen him and the 
earl of Oxford, lord high treafurer. Upon the acceffion 
of George I. a refolution being taken to impeach him, 
together with the earl of Oxford, and two more of queen 
Anne’s minifter.s, he withdrew to the continent, and a 
bill of attainder palled againft him. He was reftored in 
blood. May 28, 1723 ; and he foon after engaged in the 
bppofition to fir Robert Walpole ; upon which occafion 
he produced a feries of papers in a publication called 
the Craftfman, which are among the firft political writ¬ 
ings of this country. His other works are principally, 
an Idea of a Patriot King; Letters on the Study of Hif- 
tory; and a collection of Philofophical E flays. He died 
December 15,1751, in the feventy-ninth year of his age. 
John, fecond lord vifcount Saint John, who fucceed¬ 
ed to the title on the attainder of his elder brother, mar¬ 
ried, firft, April 17, 1729, Anne, daughter and heir of fir 
Robert Furnefe, bart. and by her, who died July n, 
1747, he had ilfue, Elizabeth-Louil'a, married, in 1760, 
to the firft lord Bagot, and has ilfue. Anne, died young. 
Henry, a general in the army, married, Auguft 31, 1771, 
Barbara, daughter of Thomas Bladen, elq. filter to Hen¬ 
rietta, relitf of William-Anne-jHolles, fourth earl of Ef- 
fex. John, died October 8, 1793. Frederic, the late 
' vifcount, born in 1734. John, the fecond vilcount, mar¬ 
ried, fecondly, Heiter, daughter of James Clarke, elq. 
by whom he had no ilfue ; and, dying February 1749, 
was fucceeded by Frederic, the third vifcount; married, 
September 9, 1757, Diana Spencer, lifter to George, 
lecond duke of Marlborough, from whom he was di¬ 
vorced in 1768 ; Hie married, fecondly, the honourable 
Vo 1.. IX. No:. 607. 
LORY. 
Topham Beauclerk, by whom Ihe was left a widow. By 
lord Bolingbroke Ihe had iflue, 1. George-Richard, the 
prefent vifcount. 2. Frederic, born December 20, x7s» 
a general in the army; married, firft, December 8 : 1788, 
Mary, daughter of the fifth marquis of Lothian, who 
died February 6, 1791; fecondly, April 6, 1793* ' a( ty , 
Greorgiana Craven, filter- to William earl of Craven. 
3. Charlotte, who died young. His lordlhip died May 
5, 1787, when he was fucceeded by George-Richard, 
the prefent and fourth vifcount. 
Creations. —Baron St. John, and Vifcount Boling¬ 
broke, July 7, 1712 ; Baron St. John, of Batterfea, arid 
Vifcount St. John, July 2, 171S. 
Residences. —Batterfea, in the county of Surrey; 
and Lydiard Park, in the county of Wilts, 
Armoria l Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
The armorial bearings of this ancient family may,be (aid 
to have reference to a public office. They are, Argent, 
on a chief gules, two mullets pierced or. 
Creft.—On a wreath, a mount proper, and therefrom 
a falcon riling, belled or, ducaily gorged gules. 
Supporters.—Two eagles, with wings expanded or, 
ducaily crowned gules; and upon the bread of each a 
pair of horfe-hames, tied at the top and bottom proper ; 
within which is party per pale afgent and of the fecond. 
The great anceltor of this'noble family, William de 
Saint John, whofe name occurs upon the roll in Battle 
Abbey, as one of the viftors at the battle ot Haftings, 
attended the Conqueror as grand mafter of the engines 
of war, and fuperintendant of the carriages ; for which 
reafon the horfe-hames, or collars, were borne as the 
cognizance of,the family, and are continued to the pre¬ 
fent day. 
Motto.— Nec qutsrere nec fpernere honor era. —“ Neither 
feek nor defpife honours.” 
BOSCAWEN, VISCOUNT FALMOUTH. 
EDWARD BOSCAWEN, Viscount FAL¬ 
MOUTH, and Baron Bofcawen-Rofe, born May 10, 
1807; fucceeded his father, the late Vifcount, Febru¬ 
ary 14, 180S. 
The family of Bofcawen has pedigree as far back as the 
reign of king John ; aijd ranked at that time among per- 
fons of the firft confequen.ce in the county ot Cornwall. 
Nicholas Bofcawen, in the reign of Charles I. railed a 
regiment of horfe for the fervice of the parliament. 
Edward, fon of Hugh brother bf Nicholas, married Jaek 
filter of Sidney earl of Godolphin, lore} high, trealurer of 
Great Britain; and Hugh, the iflue of this marriage, 
married Charlotte, daughter of Charles Godfrey, elq. 
and of Arabella, filter to John Churchill duke ot Marl¬ 
borough. He performed confiderable fervices in the re¬ 
bellion of 1715; and by George I. was created baron of 
Bofcawen-Rofe, and vifcount Falmouth. The ilfue of 
his marriage was, Hugh,fecond lord vifcount Falmouth. 
Edward, who diftinguilhed himfelf in the naval fervice 
of his country, as ftated in the biographical fketch of 
his life, under Boscawen, vol. iii. p. 227. He married 
Frances, daughter of William Evelyn Glanville, ot Saint 
Clare, in the county of Kent, efquire ; by .which lady 
he had iflue Frances, born March 7, 1746, and married 
to John Levefon, fon of John firft earl Gower; Elizabeth, 
born May 28, 1747, and married to Henry duke.of Beau¬ 
fort ; and George Evelyn, prefent and third lord vif¬ 
count Falmouth. Admiral Bofcawen died January io,- 
1761. George, who embraced the profeffion of the ar¬ 
my, and ferved with diftinguilhed reputation in the bat¬ 
tles of Dettingen and Fontenoy. He married Anne, 
daughter of John Morley Trevor, of Trevaliynyin the 
county of Denbigh, efquire, and died May. 3,'1775, lea v¬ 
ing ilfue : 1. George, married Mifs Bunburyj daughter 
df fir William Bunbury, 2. Anne, born October, 1744- 
3. Charlotte, born May 1747. 4. William, born Auguft, 
1752. John, a jnajor-general in the army, born January, 
1714, and died in 1767, having married Thomafina, 
7 A daughter- 
