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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. Lord Cork was an important figure in the continuing ...

(1566–1643), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland *

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 ...

(1612–1698), and 2nd Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier *

Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, PC (1675 – 20 December 1740) was a British Army officer and statesman. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of the Boyne during the Williamite War in Ireland and at the Battle of Lan ...

(1675–1740), British military officer and statesman *

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Ea ...

(1694–1753), and 4th Earl of Cork *

Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (12 May 1809 – 1 August 1868), styled Viscount Boyle until 1842, was a British politician of the Whig party. He served as Member of Parliament for Cork County from 1830 to 1832.

(1809–1868), British politician *

Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP, PC (19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904), styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning between ...

(1829–1904), British politician *

Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (15 May 1860 - 1906) was a politician in Canada's Northwest Territories. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1885 to 1887. Early life Boyle was the son ...

(1860–1906), politician in Canada's Northwest Territories

Sports

* Richard Boyle (canoeist) (born 1961), New Zealand sprint canoeist *

Richard Boyle (rowing) Richard Frederick Robert Pochin Boyle (11 October 1888 – 6 February 1953) was a British coxswain who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Boyle was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, the son of Major Charles John Boyle and Lillian Kennedy Po ...

(1888–1953), British rowing coxswain; medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics *

Dickie Boyle Richard Boyle (born 24 September 1869) was a Scottish professional footballer. Career Boyle played club football in Scotland and England for Dumbarton, Everton, New Brighton Tower and Dundee. Honours ;Dumbarton * Scottish League: Champions ...

(1869–?), Scottish professional footballer for Everton * Dick Boyle (American football), American football player and coach

Others

Richard Boyle (archbishop of Tuam) Richard Boyle (c. 1574–1645) was an English bishop who became Archbishop of Tuam in the Church of Ireland. He was the second son of Michael Boyle (died 2 February 1597), merchant in London, and his wife Jane (baptised 17 January 1548), daughter a ...

(c. 1574–1644), Archbishop of Tuam *

Richard Boyle (soldier) Lieutenant Colonel Richard Boyle (died 1649) was an Anglo-Irish Royalist officer who was murdered in Drogheda five days after the city fell to Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army. Biography Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, Archbishop of Tuam, a ...

(died 1649), Anglo-Irish Royalist officer *

Richard Boyle (MP, died 1665) Richard Boyle, FRS (died 3 June 1665) was an Irish politician who was Member of Parliament for County Cork from 1661 until his death in action. Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and brother of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount D ...

, MP for County Cork * Richard Boyle (bishop of Ferns and Leighlin) (died 1682), Anglican bishop * Richard Boyle (MP, died 1711), MP for Old Leighlin * Richard Vicars Boyle (1822–1908), Irish civil engineer *

Richard Boyle (journalist) Richard David Boyle (March 26, 1942 – September 1, 2016) was a journalist, photographer, and author from the United States. He wrote the 1972 book ''Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the U. S. Army in Vietnam: An Eyewitness Account of ...

(1942–2016), American screenwriter and protagonist for the 1986 film ''Salvador'' * Richard Boyle (astronomer) (born 1943), astronomer at the Vatican Observatory

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