Family and Education
b. 30 Oct. 1666, 2nd but 1st surv. s. Charles Boyle, styled Ld. Clifford of Lanesborough, and Jane, da. William Seymour, 2nd duke of Somerset; bro. Henry Boyle, Bar. Carleton. educ. travelled abroad, 1683–6. Chatsworth, Cork mss, Lady Burlington Diary, 39–40. m. 26 Jan. 1688, Juliana (d.1750), da. and h. of Hon. Henry Noel of North Luffenham, Rutland, 1s. 6da. (2 d.v.p.). R. Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis (1816), i. 63; TNA, PROB 11/475. d. 9 Feb. 1704; will 4 Feb. 1704 pr. 26 Feb. 1704. TNA, PROB 11/475.
Offices Held

Ld. treas. [I] 1695–d.; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 414. PC [I] Apr. 1695–d.; Ibid. 462. gent. of the bedchamber 1697 – 1702; PC 8 Jan. 1702 – d.; commr. union with Scotland 1702.

Gov. co. Cork 1691 – d.; ld. high steward and constable, Knaresborough, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1698 – d.; bailiff, Staincliffe and liberty of Knaresborough, Yorks. 1698–d.; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 519. warden, preservation of game, Lanesborough, Yorks. (E. Riding) and Bolton Abbey, Yorks. (W. Riding), 1699–d.; CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 32. ld. lt. Yorks. (W. Riding) and city and ainsty of York, 1699 – d.; custos rot. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1699 – d., Yorks (N. Riding) 1701 – d.; v.-adm. Yorks. 1702 – d.

Associated with: Lismore Castle, Lismore, co. Waterford; Myrtle Grove, co. Cork;M. Bence-Jones, Guide to Irish Country Houses.; Londesborough Hall, Yorks. (E. Riding); Burlington House, Westminster; Chiswick House, Chiswick, Mdx.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by G. Kneller, 1680–5, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by G. Kneller, Hardwick Hall, Derbys; oil on canvas by Michael Dahl, c.1696 (joint portrait with Evelyn Pierrepont* [264], 5th earl (later duke) of Kingston, and John Berkeley* [332], 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton), Chiswick House, Mdx.

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