Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 2 June 1732) was an Irish
peer and member of the
House of Lords
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.
Charles Boyle was the son of
Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington
Murragh Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington (c.1645–1718) was an Irish peerage, peer and member of the Irish House of Lords.
Murrough (or Murragh) Boyle was born in Cork (city), Cork, Ireland, the only surviving son of Michael Boyle (archbishop of A ...
and Lady Anne Coote, daughter of
Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath and Alice Meredyth.
He married twice; firstly Penelope Rose Coote, daughter of his uncle Colonel Hon. Richard Coote and his wife Penelope Hill, and secondly Martha Matthews, daughter of Samuel Matthews and Anne Cuffe. By his second wife, he had a son and heir, Murrough, who died in infancy.
He sat as
Member of Parliament for
Blessington
Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (, from the Irish surname ''Ó Coimín''), is a town on the River Liffey in County Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with County Kildare. It is around 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is situat ...
between 1711 and 1718, when he succeeded in the viscountcy on the death of his father. After his death in Paris he was buried at
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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and, although his estates passed to his sister Anne, his titles became extinct.
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Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
1732 deaths
Charles
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Year of birth missing
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies
Boyle, Charles
Boyle, Charles
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