Family and Education
b. 28 July 1674, 2nd surv. s. of Roger Boyle (1646-82), (later 2nd earl of Orrery [I]) and Mary (1648-1710), da. Richard Sackville, 5th earl of Dorset; bro. of Lionel Boyle‡, 3rd earl of Orrery [I]. educ. Sevenoaks sch.; St Paul’s sch. (tutor Thomas Gale); travelled abroad (Holland, France) 1685-6; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1690, BA 1694. m. 30 Mar. 1706 (with £4,000), Elizabeth (d.1708), da. John Cecil, 5th earl of Exeter, 1s. 2s. 2da. illegit. with Margaret Swordfeger (d.1741). KT 30 Oct. 1705. d. 28 Aug. 1731; will 6 Nov. 1728 -1, July 1730, pr. 3 May 1732.TNA, PROB 11/646.
Offices Held
Recvr. gen., alienations office 1699 – 1717; PC 9 Feb. 171-June 1727; gent. of the bedchamber 1714 – 17.
Ld. lt., Som. 1714 – 15; custos rot., Som. 1714 – 15.
Col., earl of Orrery’s Regt. of Ft. 1704 – 07, 2nd duke of Argyll’s Regt. of Ft. 1707 – 10; 21st Regt. of Ft. (Royal Scots Fusiliers) 1710 – 16; brig. gen. 1709 – 10; maj. gen. 1710 – 16.
Envoy extraordinary and plenip., United Provinces and Spanish Netherlands (Council of State) 1711 – 13.
FRS 1706.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Glasshouse Street, Piccadilly, Mdx. (to 1723);Survey of London, xxxii. 517-18.; Marston Hall, Som. (from 1714); Britwell (from 1714).TNA, PROB 11/646.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Charles Jervas, 1707, NPG 894; oil on canvas by Thomas Forster, c.1710, Christ Church, Oxf.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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