BOSCAWEN, EDWARD (I 7 I 761), British admiral, was born Aug. '9,1711, and died at Guildford, Jan. ro, 1761. He was the third son of Hugh, 1st Viscount Falmouth. He early entered the navy, and in 1739 took part in the siege of Porto Bello. At the siege of Cartagena, in March 1741, at the head of a party of seamen, he took a battery of fifteen 24-pounders, while exposed to the fire of another fort. On his return to England in the follow ing year he married, and entered Parliament as member for Truro. In 1744 he captured the French frigate "Medee," commanded by M. de Hocquart, the first ship taken in the war. In May at the battle off Cape Finisterre, Hocquart again became his prisoner, and the French ships, ten in number, were taken. On July 15 he was placed in command of the expedition to the East Indies. On July 29, 1748, he arrived off Fort St. David's, and soon after laid siege to Pondicherry; but the sickness of his men and the approach of the monsoons led to the raising of the siege. Soon afterwards he received news of the peace and Madras was delivered up to him by the French. In April 1755 he inter cepted the French squadron bound to North America and took the "Alcide" and "Lys" of 64 guns each. Hocquart became his prisoner for the third time, and Boscawen returned to Spithead with his prizes and 1,5oo prisoners. For this exploit, he received the thanks of Parliament. In 1758 he was appointed admiral of the blue and commander-in-chief of the expedition to Cape Breton, when, in conjunction with Gen. Amherst, he took the fortress of Louisburg and the island of Cape Breton—services for which he again received the thanks of the House of Commons. In 175g, being appointed to command in the Mediterranean, he pursued the French fleet, commanded by M. de la Clue, and of ter a sharp engagement in Lagos Bay, took three large ships and burnt two, returning to Spithead with his prizes and 2,000 prisoners. The victory defeated the proposed concentration of the French fleet in Brest to cover an invasion of England. In Dec. 1760 he was appointed general of the marines, with a salary of £3,000 per annum, and was also sworn a member of the privy council.