William Scawen
English MP and Cornish revivalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the British MP and Governor of the Bank of England, see William Scawen (banker).
William Scawen (1600–1689) was one of the pioneers in the revival of the Cornish language. He was a politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.