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Charles Boyle (other)
Charles Boyle may refer to: * Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan (1639–1694), British politician * Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington (died 1704), British politician * Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), author, soldier and statesman; namesake of the orrery * Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 1732), Irish peer and member of the House of Lords * Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork (1861–1925), Irish soldier and peer * Charles Boyle (poet) (born 1951), British poet * Charles A. Boyle Charles Augustus Boyle (August 13, 1907 – November 4, 1959) was a US Representative from Chicago's north side who represented Illinois's 12th congressional district from 1955 to his death in a car accident. Boyle was born in Spring Lake, Mic ... (1907–1959), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849–1916), British colonial administrator * Charles Edmund Boyle (1836–1888), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * Charles J. Boyle (1877–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan
Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, 3rd Baron Clifford, FRS ( bapt. 12 December 1639 – 12 October 1694), was an English peer and politician. He was a member of a famous Anglo-Irish aristocratic family. Early life Charles Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Clifford, 2nd Baroness Clifford ''suo jure'', and was styled with the courtesy title of Viscount Dungarvan from birth. Career In 1663, Charles Boyle was called to the Irish House of Lords as Viscount Dungarvan and became a Fellow of the Royal Society the following year. From 1670 to 1679, Charles was Member of Parliament for Tamworth in the British House of Commons, and then for Yorkshire from 1679 onward. In 1682, he purchased the original Chiswick House which was a Jacobean house owned by Sir Edward Wardour. The house was used as a summer retreat by the Boyle family from their central London residence, Burlington House. In 1689, he was called to the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |