BOSCAWEN, JOHN HUGH (1851-1937) was the eldest son of the Rev. and Hon. J. T. Boscawen (brother of Viscount Falmouth) and was born at Lamorran, Cornwall in 1851. Educated privately and at Cheltenham he then joined the training ship Britannia and served on various naval stations. He was present at the Jamestown riots in Jamaica; was in New Zealand with the flying squadron (1869-70); took part in the Ashanti war (including the capture of Kumassi) and retired with the rank of lieutenant (1875).

Boscawen came to New Zealand in the following year and joined the lands and survey department. He acted as private secretary to Lord Onslow and as aide-de-camp to Lord Ranfurly. In the lands department he became chief clerk at Auckland, from which post he retired in 1919 to reside in Cornwall, where he died on 20 Apr 1937. He was a volunteer (captain in No. 3 Native Rifles), and an artist of some ability in water colours and photography.

Burke, Peerage; Who's Who NZ, 1908; N.Z. Herald, 2 Jun 1937.

Reference: Volume 1, page 55

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