BOYLE, Lionel, 3rd Earl of Orrery [I] (1671-1703).

bap. 11 July 1671, 1st s. of Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery [I], by Lady Mary Sackville, da. of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset; bro. of Hon. Charles Boyle II*. educ. Eton c.1682–5; travelled abroad (France, Netherlands, United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland, Italy) 1685–9. m. c. 23 Feb. 1693 (with £5,000), his 1st cos. Mary (d. 1714), illegit. da. of Charles Sackville†, 6th Earl of Dorset, s.p. Styled Lord Broghill 1679–82; suc. fa. as 3rd Earl 29 Mar. 1682. Eton Coll. Reg. ed. Sterry, 251; Centre Kentish Stud. Sackville mss U269/A10/3; U269/C139, St. John Brodrick to Simon Smith*, 1 June 1693; Cal. Orrery Pprs. ed. McLysaght (Irish Mss Commn.), pp. 313–70 passim; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 448; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iii. 41.