 1612 - 1697 (84 years)
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| Name |
Richard Boyle |
| Suffix |
1st. Earl of Burlington |
| Birth |
20 Oct 1612 |
College of Youghal, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
1664 |
| Death |
13 Jan 1697 |
| Burial |
3 Feb 1697 |
Londesborough, Yorkshire, England |
| Notes |
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03712
Earl of Cork 2nd. Viscount Dungarvan. Baron Clifford of Lanesborough.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p2841.htm#i28408
Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of the County of Cork was born on 20 October 1612 at «u»College of Youghal, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Sir Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of the County of Cork «/u» and «u»Catherine Fenton«/u».«sup»1«/sup» He married «u»Elizabeth Clifford, Baroness Clifford«/u», daughter of «u»Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland «/u» and «u»Frances Cecil «/u», on 5 July 1635 at «u»Skipton Castle, Craven, Yorkshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He died on 15 January 1697/98 at age 85.«sup»3«/sup» He was buried on 3 February 1697/98 at «u»Londesborough, Yorkshire, England «/u».«sup»3«/sup»
Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of the County of Cork also went by the nick-name of Richard 'the Rich'.«sup»4«/sup» He was styled as «i»Viscount Dungarvan«/i» between 1620 and 1642.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight in 1624.«sup»5«/sup» He was invested as a Knight on 30 August 1624 at «u»Youghal, County Cork, Ireland «/u», by the Lord Deputy Falkland.«sup»1«/sup» Between 1632 and 1634 he went on foreign travel, with an allowance of £1000 per year.«sup»1«/sup» In 1639 he raised a troop of horse for the King.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Appleby between 1640 and November 1643.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Governor of Youghal in 1641.«sup»1«/sup» In 1642 he defeated the Irish near Liscarrol.«sup»1«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky, co. Cork [I., 1628]«/i» on 2 September 1642.«sup»6«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Baron of Bandon Bridge, co. Cork [I., 1628]«/i» on 2 September 1642.«sup»6«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Earl of the County of Cork [I., 1620]«/i» on 15 September 1643.«sup»6«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Viscount of Dungarvan, co. Waterford [I., 1620]«/i» on 15 September 1643.«sup»6«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghal, co. Cork [I., 1616]«/i» on 15 September 1643.«sup»6«/sup» On 11 December 1643 he succeeded to his father-in-law's vast estates in Yorkshire and elsewhere.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Baron Clifford of Lanesborough, co. York [England]«/i» on 4 November 1644.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Lord Treasurer [Ireland] from 16 November 1660 to 1695.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in December 1660.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Earl of Burlington, co. York [England]«/i» on 20 March 1664/65.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding, Yorkshire between March 1667 and November 1667.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding, Yorkshire between 1679 and 1687.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Recorder of York between 1685 and 1688.«sup»1«/sup» On 7 May 1689 he was attainted by the Parliament [Ireland] (which he did not attend), but was restored in 1690.«sup»1«/sup»
1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 430. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i».
2. Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (France) to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family".
3. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume II, page 431.
4. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume II, page 264.
5. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 899. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i».
6. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume III, page 421.
7. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume XI, page 434.
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| Person ID |
I47152 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
30 Jan 2009 |
| Father |
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, b. 13 Oct 1566, Canterbury, Kent, England d. 15 Sep 1643, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Fenton d. 16 Feb 1629, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Marriage |
25 Jul 1603 |
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Family ID |
F551611361 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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