Lionel Boyle, 3rd Earl of Orrery (11 July 1671 – 24 August 1703), styled Lord Broghill between 1679 and 1682, was an Anglo-Irish politician. Boyle was the son of

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, by Mary, daughter of

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. He was educated at the

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. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1682. However, as this was an

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it did not entitle him to a seat in the English

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. He subsequently sat as

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for East Grinstead from February to November 1695, from 1698 to January 1701 and again from November 1701 to 1702. Lord Orrery married his first cousin Mary, the illegitimate daughter of

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. He died at

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, Kensington,

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, in August 1703, aged 32, and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, Charles. The Dowager Countess of Orrery later married

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. She died in June 1714.

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1671 births 1703 deaths Lionel People from East Grinstead Utrecht University alumni English MPs 1690–1695 English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701–1702 17th-century Irish politicians {{Ireland-earl-stub 3rd