Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork and 6th Earl of Orrery (3 February 1729 – 17 January 1764) was the son of
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery, FRS (13 January 1707 – 16 November 1762) was a writer and a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson.
The only son of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady ...
and Lady Henrietta Hamilton. He inherited the titles of 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery and 3rd Baron Boyle of Marston from his father in 1762.
He served in the
Parliament of Great Britain
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as
member of parliament
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(MP) for
Warwick
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between 1751 and 1762, and represented
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in the
Irish House of Commons
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between 1759 and 1760.
He was unmarried and was succeeded by his brother.
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Boyle family
1729 births
1764 deaths
British MPs 1761–1768
Irish MPs 1727–1760
Dungarvan, Hamilton Boyle, Viscount
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
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6th
6th
3rd
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