BOYLE, Roger, Lord Broghill [I] (1621-79), of Blarney Castle, co. Cork, and Marston Bigot, Som.

Family and Education

b. 25 Apr. 1621, 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork [I] (d. 1643), and Catherine (d. 1630), da. of Sir Geoffrey Fenton of Mitchelstown, co. Cork; bro. of Viscount Dungarvan [I] (Sir Richard Boyle*).CP. educ. Dublin Univ. May 1630; G. Inn, 17 Mar. 1636; travelled abroad, Mar. 1636-Mar. 1639; Acad. Geneva, ?1639.Al. Dub. 89; Lismore Pprs. ser. 1, iii. 30; G. Inn Admiss. 211; Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-80), i. 191. m. 27 Jan. 1641, Margaret (d. 1689), da. of Theophilus Howard, 2nd earl of Suffolk, 2s. 5da (1 d.v.p.). cr. Baron Boyle of Broghill [I] 28 Feb. 1628; earl of Orrery [I] 5 Sept. 1660. d. 16 Oct. 1679.CP; Lodge, Peerage, i. 192-3.

Offices Held

attached to tp. of Viscount Dungarvan, royal army, Apr.-June 1639.Lismore Pprs. ser. 1, v. 89. Capt. of ft. and gov. Lismore Castle 1641–3. Col. of horse, 1643-Aug. 1653. Gov. Youghal 1644–7. Master of ordnance [I], 17 Mar. 1648;CJ v. 502b-3a. lt.-gen. of ordnance [I], Feb. 1651–60.Ludlow, Mems. i. 264. Capt. of reformados, Aug. 1653–60. Maj.-gen. June 1662–d.Lodge, Peerage, i. 188.

commr. management, Cork City Nov. 1649;Bodl. Tanner 56, f. 140. revenue and admin. of justice, co. Cork 2 Jan. 1652;Eg. 1762, f. 202v. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Member for co. Waterford, Dublin Univ. gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 199, 211. Pres. Munster, 7 May 1660–72.Chatsworth, Burlington’s Journal, unfol.: 11 May 1660. PC, Oct. 1660–d. Ld. justice, Dec. 1660–2.CP. Gov. co. Clare 1661–72.CP.

pres. Scottish council, May 1655–?1659.TSP iii. 423. PC, 26 May 1665–21 Apr. 1679.CP.

j.p. Som. 4 Mar. 1657-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 360; C193/13/5, f. 90. Mdx., Westminster Aug./Oct. 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 373, 376; C193/13/5, ff. 65, 135. Commr. assessment, Som. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

BOYLE, Roger, 1st Baron of Broghill [I] (1621-79), of Ballymallow House, co. Cork and Marston Bigot, Som.

Lord Broghill [I] (1621-79), of Blarney Castle, co. Cork 1621 – 79 and Som., Marston Bigot.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1660.Private colln.; photograph, NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BOYLE, Roger, Lord Broghill [I] (1621-79), of Blarney Castle, co. Cork, and Marston Bigot, Som.

Will

Estates

inherited lands in north co. Cork, co. Kerry and co. Limerick, inc. Askeaton and Broghill Castles, by indentures of 1636 and 1641; £5,000 invested in lands at Marston Bigot, Som. on m.; custodian of Blarney Castle estate, Jan. 1650, and grant of same, June 1650 (passed as act, June 1657); also lands in Imokilly Barony, co. Cork, including Ballymaloe Castle, c.1657.P.J.S. Little, ‘The Political Career of Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, 1636-1660’ (PhD, London Univ. 2000), 11, 185-99.

Oxford 1644

1640 Volume

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