Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (27 January 1729 – 16 September 1759) was an

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politician. Boyle was the eldest son of

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and his first wife, Henrietta, daughter of

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. He was the

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for

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in the Irish House of Commons between 1756 and his death in 1759.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.72 (Retrieved 19 January 2023). In 1753 he married

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, the daughter of

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. They had one child, Henrietta Boyle. As Boyle predeceased his father, the earldom was inherited by Boyle's younger brother, Hamilton Boyle.

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1729 births 1759 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people

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