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Richard Boyle (other)
Richard Boyle may refer to: Nobility *Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1566–1643), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland *Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), and 2nd Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier *Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (1675–1740), British military officer and statesman *Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), and 4th Earl of Cork *Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1727–1807), Irish peer and Member of Parliament *Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (1809–1868), British politician *Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1829–1904), British politician * Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (1860–1906), politician in Canada's Northwest Territories Sports * Richard Boyle (canoeist) (born 1961), New Zealand sprint canoeist *Richard Boyle (rowing) (1888–1953), British rowing coxswain; medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics *Dickie Boyle (1869–?), Scottish professional footballer for Everton * Dick Boyle (American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl Of Cork
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. Lord Cork was an important figure in the continuing English colonisation of Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries, as he acquired large tracts of land in plantations in Munster in southern Ireland. Moreover, his sons played an important role in fighting against the Irish Catholic rebellion in the 1640s and 1650s, assisting in the victory of the British and Protestant interests in Ireland. In addition to being the first Earl of Cork, he was the patriarch of the Boyle family through his many prominent descendants, whose titles included Earl of Orrery (1660), Earl of Burlington (1664) and Earl of Shannon (1756). Background Boyle was born at Canterbury on 13 October 1566, the second son of Roger Boyle (d. 24 March 1576 at Preston, near Faversham in Kent), a descendant of an ancient landed Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Boyle (American Football)
Richard Boyle was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach (1939–1941, 1946–1949) and head baseball coach (1950–1958) at San Francisco State University. Boyle played college football at Saint Mary's College of California, where he was instrumental in the 1930 Saint Mary's Gaels football team The 1930 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1930 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled an 8– ...'s upset of Eastern powerhouse Fordham. Head coaching record Football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Dick Year of birth missing Year of death missing American football halfbacks Saint Mary's Gaels football players San Francisco State Gators football coaches San Francisco State Gators baseball coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (journalist)
Richard David Boyle (March 26, 1942 – September 1, 2016) was a journalist, photographer, and author from the United States. He wrote the 1972 book ''Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the U. S. Army in Vietnam: An Eyewitness Account of the Day-to-Day Environment of American Soldiers in Vietnam.'' He co-wrote the 1986 movie '' Salvador'' with Oliver Stone. He covered the revolution in Cambodia, The Troubles in Ireland and the civil war in Lebanon. In the Republic of Vietnam, he documented the resistance of U.S. troops against the war. ''Salvador'' was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Stone and Boyle). Boyle was played in ''Salvador'' by James Woods and the cast included Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy and John Savage. He taught journalism in Southern California colleges. He also ran as a gadfly for public office, including for Supervisor and City Treasurer in San Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vicars Boyle
Richard Vicars Boyle (1822–1908) was an Irish civil engineer, noted for his part in the Siege of Arrah in 1857, and as a railway pioneer in Japan. Life Born in Dublin on 14 March 1822, he was from a Scots-Irish background, the third son of Vicars Armstrong Boyle; his mother was Sophia, eldest daughter of David Courtney of Dublin. After education at a private school and two years' service on the trigonometrical survey of Ireland he became a pupil to Charles Blacker Vignoles. When he had finished his articles, he was engaged on railway construction in Ireland, at first as assistant to William Dargan, who employed him on the Belfast and Armagh and the Dublin and Drogheda Railways. In 1845, under Sir John Benjamin Macneill, he surveyed and laid out part of the Great Southern and Western Railway, and in 1846–7 was chief engineer for the Longford and Sligo Railway. In the autumn of 1852, he laid out railways and waterworks in Spain as chief assistant to George Willoughby Hemans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (MP, Died 1711)
Richard Boyle (b 1655 Kingsale; d 1711 Dublin ) was an Irish politician. The son of Richard Boyle, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. From 1695 until 1699, he was MP for Old Leighlin Old Leighlin () is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland, 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1500 monks in residence. It was the location for a church synod in .... References Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies Irish MPs 1695–1699 1655 births 1711 deaths {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (bishop Of Ferns And Leighlin)
Richard Boyle D.D. was an Anglican bishop in the early seventeenth century. He was appointed Dean of Limerick in 1661, and Treasurer in 1663. In 1666 he was appointed Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin. He died in 1682 and is buried at St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Leighlin, is now one of the six cathedral churches in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory of the Church of Ireland. It is situated on the site of a mediaeval monaste ...." The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow " Ryan, J.: Dublin; Richard Moore;1833 References 17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Deans of Limerick Bishops of Ferns and Leighlin 1682 deaths {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (MP, Died 1665)
Richard Boyle, FRS (died 3 June 1665) was an Irish politician who was Member of Parliament for County Cork from 1661 until his death in action. Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and brother of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was elected an Original Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. A naval volunteer during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, Boyle was killed in action in Southwold Bay at the Battle of Lowestoft. References * 1665 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Original Fellows of the Royal Society Year of birth unknown Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ... Royal Navy personnel of the Second Anglo-Dutch War Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (soldier)
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Boyle (died 1649) was an Anglo-Irish Royalist officer who was murdered in Drogheda five days after the city fell to Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army. Biography Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, Archbishop of Tuam, and his wife Martha, daughter of Rice Wight of Brabouef Manor at Artington in Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Needler. On 11 September 1649 Boyle was captured during the storming of Drogheda at the end of the siege. Five days later he was having dinner with Lady More (sister of John Gordon, Earl of Sutherland) when an English Parliamentary soldier entered the room and whispered something to him. Boyle stood up to follow the soldier, his hostess inquired where he was going, and he replied "Madam, to die". He was shot on leaving the room. In the opinion of Lady Antonia Fraser, this "was an answer in the great tradition of those Cavaliers who had died with honour and a jest on their lips in the Civil War". Notes References * * * * Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (archbishop Of Tuam)
Richard Boyle (c. 1574–1645) was an English bishop who became Archbishop of Tuam in the Church of Ireland. He was the second son of Michael Boyle (died 2 February 1597), merchant in London, and his wife Jane (baptised 17 January 1548), daughter and co-heiress of William Peacock. His younger brother was Michael Boyle, bishop of Waterford. Biography Richard Boyle was born around 1574. In 1590, he entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge but is recorded to have migrated to St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated with a BA in 1595 which led to an MA three years later, and was incorporated MA at Oxford on 16 July 1601. He held the vicarage of Finedon in Northamptonshire before embarking on a Church of Ireland ecclesiastical career. He became warden of Youghal on 24 February 1603, dean of Waterford on 10 May 1603 (until 1620), and dean of Tuam in May 1604, Archdeacon of Limerick on 8 May 1605, and bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross on 22 August 1620, these three preferments being ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Boyle
Richard Boyle (born 24 September 1869) was a Scottish professional footballer. Career Boyle played club football in Scotland and England for Dumbarton, Everton, New Brighton Tower and Dundee. Honours ;Dumbarton * Scottish League: Champions 1890-1891; 1891-1892 * Scottish Cup: Runners Up 1890-1891 * Dumbartonshire Cup: Winners 1889–90; 1890–91; 1891-1892 * League Charity Cup: Winners 1890–91 * 1 cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. Caps typically have a visor, or no brim at all. They are popular in casual and informal se ... for the Scottish League in 1892 * 1 international trial for Scotland in 1892 * 2 representative caps for Dumbartonshire during the 1889-90 season. References External linksLondon Hearts Profile 1869 births Scottish men's footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Everton F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Scottish Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl Of Burlington
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork (20 October 1612 – 15 January 1698) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who served as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and was a Cavalier. Early life He was born at ''The College'' in Youghal in the south-east of County Cork, Ireland, as the sixth child and second son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and his second wife, Catherine Fenton, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton. His brother was the chemist Robert Boyle, and his sister was Lady Ranelagh. On 13 August 1624, The Hon. Richard Boyle, Jr., was knighted at his father's house in Youghal by Lord Falkland, the Lord Deputy of Ireland. As the Hon. Sir Richard Boyle, he then went on travels abroad with an annual allowance of £1500. Civil War In 1639, the young Sir Richard undertook to raise, arm, and provide 100 horses to attend upon King Charles I of England in his expedition into the North of England against the Scots. For this and other occasions, his father, Lord Cork, suppli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Boyle (rowing)
Richard Frederick Robert Pochin Boyle (11 October 1888 – 6 February 1953) was a British coxswain who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Boyle was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, the son of Major Charles John Boyle and Lillian Kennedy Pochin. Boyle was educated at Cambridge University and coxed the Cambridge boat in the Boat Race in 1907 and 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights which won the bronze medal rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics. In the First World War, Boyle was a captain in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and was wounded. Boyle married Marion Elisa Hill Wallace, daughter of Major-General Hill Wallace, on 12 February 1918 See also *List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews This is a list of the Cambridge University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829. Rowers are listed left to right in boat position from bow to stroke. The number following the rower indicates the rower's weight . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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