Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth

[4] On the death of his father the following year, he resigned both his seat and his commission and took up his place in the House of Lords.

He used his patronage to appoint his potential brother in law William John Bankes as his successor as MP for Truro.

As a member of the Ultra-Tory faction, he was vehemently opposed to parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.

[2] In 1829 he acted as second to Lord Winchilsea in his famous duel with the Duke of Wellington over the latter issue.

He always insisted that he persuaded Winchelsea to fire into the air, and he had certainly prepared an apology, which Wellington accepted.