Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, 3rd Baron Clifford, FRS ( bapt. 12 December 1639 – 12 October 1694), was an

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peer and politician. He was a member of a famous Anglo-Irish

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family.

Early life

Charles Boyle was the son of

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 ...

, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Clifford, 2nd Baroness Clifford ''

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'', 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

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the following year. From 1670 to 1679, Charles was

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for Tamworth in the British House of Commons, and then for

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from 1679 onward. In 1682, he purchased the original

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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 British House of Lords for the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough, which had been created for his father in 1644. On his mother's death in 1691, Charles inherited the Barony of Clifford. As he predeceased his father in 1694, his titles passed to his eldest son,

Charles Boyle 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 st ...

who succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Earl of Burlington.

Personal life and death

On 7 May 1661, Charles Boyle had married Lady Jane Seymour (1637–1679), the fourth daughter of

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, (158824 October 1660) was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War. Origins Seymour was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (who predeceased his own father) by his wif ...

and his wife,

Lady Frances Devereux Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (''née'' Devereux; 30 September 1599 – 24 April 1674) was an English noblewoman who lived during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I and Charles II. Her father was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of E ...

. They had five children: *Hon. Elizabeth Boyle (1662–1703), married her second cousin

James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore (1667 – 5 January 1748) was an Irish soldier and Jacobite politician. Early life The son of Richard Barry, 2nd Earl of Barrymore and his wife Dorothy (née Ferrar), Barry succeeded his half-brother Lau ...

. *Hon. Mary Boyle (c. 1664–1709), married

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover (18 December 16626 July 1711) was a Scottish nobleman. Life He was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and his wife Isabel Douglas, daughter of William Douglas ...

. * Hon. Charles Boyle (bef. 1669–1704), later 4th Viscount Dungarvan, and later still 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington. * Hon. Henry Boyle (1669–1725), later 1st Baron Carleton. *Hon. Arabella Boyle (c. 1671–1750), married

Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne PC (I) (22 October 1675 – 17 April 1751) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. Background Petty was a younger son of Sir William Petty and Elizabeth, Barone ...

. After the death of his wife Jane in 1679, Charles married Lady Arethusa Berkeley (1664–1743), daughter of

George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley PC FRS (1628 – 10 October 1698) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 until 1658 when he succeeded to the peerage. Life Berkeley was the son of George Berkele ...

and Elizabeth Massingberd, in 1688, and they had one child: *Hon. Arethusa Boyle (1688–?), married

James Vernon James Vernon (1646–1727) was an English administrator and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1710. He was Secretary of State for both the Northern and the Southern Departments during the rei ...

. Charles Boyle died on 12 October 1694. , -

References

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