David Boyle, Lord Boyle

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(26 July 1772 – 4 February 1853) was a British judge.

Life

Boyle was born at Shewalton near

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on 26 July 1772, the son of Elizabeth Dunlop, daughter of Professor Alexander Dunlop. and the Honorable Reverend Patrick Boyle of Shewalton (died 1874), son of John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow. His father had inherited the Shewalton estate through his law lord uncle,

Patrick Boyle, Lord Shewalton Patrick Boyle, Lord Shewalton (1690–1761) was a Scottish judge who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in 1690 the second son of David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow and his wife Margaret Lindsay Crawford sister of J ...

, who had never married. He studied law at the University of St Andrews (1787) and then at the University of Glasgow (1789). He became an

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in 1793 and rose to be Solicitor General. He was based at 41 George Street in Edinburgh. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1807 to 1811 and served as Solicitor General for Scotland during that period. In 1811 he was appointed a

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, with the judicial title Lord Boyle. He was Lord Justice Clerk from 1811 to 1841. He became a Privy Counsellor in 1820 and Lord Justice General from 1841 to 1852. From 1815 to 1817 he served as Rector of the University of Glasgow. In 1833 his address was listed as 28 Charlotte Square at the west end of Edinburgh's

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Family

Boyle married firstly, in 1804, Elizabeth Montgomery (died April 1822), daughter of Alexander Montgomery. They had several children, including Patrick Boyle, father of David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow; and

Alexander Boyle Alexander Boyle (1810–1884) was a Royal Navy officer whose most famous command was HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship. Life He was born in Edinburgh at 41 George Street on 9 March 1810 the son of David Boyle, at that point both Solicitor Ge ...

, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. Boyle married secondly, in 1827, Catherine Campbell Smythe, daughter of

David Smythe, Lord Methven The Hon David Smyth or David Smythe, Lord Methven FRSE LLD (1746–1806) was a Scottish lawyer and judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. Life The son of David Smythe of Methven (d.1764), and Mary Graham, daughter of James ...

. Their children included

George David Boyle George David Boyle (17 May 1828 – 21 March 1901) was Dean of Salisbury from 1880 until his death. Biography George David Boyle was the eldest son of David Boyle, Lord Justice-General and President of the Court of Session in Scotland, by ...

, who became Dean of Salisbury. Boyle died on 4 February 1853, aged 80. His second wife died in December 1880. His daughter, Helen, married

Charles Dalrymple Fergusson Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran FRSE (1800–1849) was a Scottish lawyer. Life He was born at Fort George in Inverness-shire on 26 August 1800. He was the eldest son of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet, fourth baron ...

, Baronet of Kilkerran. David Boyle inherited the family estate of Shewalton near

, and was buried at Dundonald, South Ayrshire. The central pavilion on the south side of Charlotte Square

Memberships

*Highland Society (1804) *Fellow of the

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(1820)

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''The Peerage'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, David 1772 births 1853 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1807–1812

Boyle Boyle is an English, Irish and Scottish surname of Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon or Norman origin. In the northwest of Ireland it is one of the most common family names. Notable people with the surname include: Disambiguation *Adam Boyle (disambiguation), ...

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