Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and 9th Earl of 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 1866 and 1895, he served three times as

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and twice as

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Background and education

Boyle was born in

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, the eldest son of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, by his wife Lady Catherine St Lawrence, daughter of William St Lawrence, 2nd

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. He was the grandson of

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. He was educated at Eton and

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. He became known by the

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Viscount Dungarvan on the early death of his father in 1834. He was a member of Brooks's and White's clubs. On 20 July 1850, he was commissioned a captain in the

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Political career

Lord Dungarvan was elected Member of Parliament for

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at a by-election in 1854, a seat he held until 1856, when he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom and entered the

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. In 1860 he was made a Knight of the

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. He became a government member in January 1866, when he was appointed

under Lord Russell, a post he held until the administration fell in July 1866. He was sworn of the Privy Council in May of that year. He was once again Master of the Buckhounds under

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between 1868 and 1874 and between 1880 and 1885. In 1882 he was appointed one of the speakers of the House of Lords. When Gladstone became prime minister for the third time in February 1886, Cork was appointed

. However, the government fell in July of the same year. He did not serve in Gladstone's fourth administration of 1892 to 1894, but when

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succeeded as prime minister in March 1894, Cork was once again appointed Master of the Horse. The Liberal government fell in June the following year. Lord Cork was also

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from 1864 to 1904, an Aide-de-Camp to

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from 1889 to 1899 and a Colonel of the

Estates

According to John Bateman, who derived his information from statistics published in 1873, Lord Cork, of Marston House, Frome, had 3,398 acres in Somerset (worth 5,094 guineas per annum), 20,195 acres in County Cork (worth 6,943 guineas per annum), 11,531 acres in County Kerry (worth 2,447 guineas per annum), and 3,189 acres in Limerick (worth 2,859 guineas per annum). He donated the land for the Boyle Cross in the market place of the

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town of

Family

Lord Cork married Lady Emily Charlotte de Burgh (19 October 1828 – 10 October 1912), second daughter of

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, on 20 July 1853. They had nine children: *Lady Emily Harriet Catherine Boyle (19 September 1854 – 28 July 1931), married Capt. James Dalison Alexander, and had issue, including Sir Ulick Alexander *Lady Grace Elizabeth Boyle (20 January 1856 – 23 May 1935), married the Hon. Henry Francis Baring, son of the 1st Earl of Northbrook and had issue. *Lady Honora Janet Boyle (10 April 1857 – 11 March 1953), married Robert Kirkman Hodgson DL, with issue. *Lady Dorothy Blanche Boyle (18 November 1858 – 7 June 1938), married

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, and had issue. *Lady Isabel Lettice Theodosia Boyle (10 April 1860 – 6 April 1904), married James Walker Larnach, and had issue. * Charles Spencer Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork (1861–1925), married Mrs Rosalie Gray, née de Villiers, and had no issue. *Lady Bertha Louise Canning (24 November 1861 – 2 February 1862), twin sister of Charles; died in infancy * Robert John Lascelles Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork (1864–1934), married Josephine Hale, of

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, and had no issue. *Hon. FitzAdelm Alfred Wentworth Boyle (20 August 1866 – 6 January 1890), died unmarried Lord and Lady Cork celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1903. He died at

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, in June 1904, aged 75, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son,

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. The Countess of Cork died in October 1912, 10 days shy of her 84th birthday.

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