Earl of Falmouth 2nd Creation | |
Creation Date: | 14 July 1821 |
Creation: | Second |
Subsidiary Titles: | Viscount Falmouth Baron Boscawen-Rose |
Status: | Extinct |
Extinction Date: | 29 August 1852 |
Motto: | PATIENCE PASSE SCIENCE (Patience surpasses knowledge) |
The title of Earl of Falmouth has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and the second time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, on 17 March 1664, was for Charles Berkeley, 1st Viscount Fitzhardinge, who was at the same time created Baron Botetourt of Langport. It became extinct upon his death the following year. The second creation, on 14 July 1821, was for Edward Boscawen, 4th Viscount Falmouth. It became extinct in 1852.