BOYLE, Charles, Lord Clifford (1639-94), of Londesborough, Yorks.

b. 17 Nov. 1639, 2nd s. of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork [I] and 1st Earl of Burlington (d. 15 Jan. 1698), by Lady Elizabeth Clifford, suo jure Baroness Clifford, da. and h. of Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1654, travelled abroad (Holland, France) Apr.-Aug. 1660. m. (1) 2 May 1661, Lady Jane Seymour (d. 23 Nov. 1679), da. of William Seymour, and Duke of Somerset, 4s. 6da.; (2) 26 Jan. 1688, Lady Arethusa Berkeley (d. 11 Feb. 1743), da. of George, 1st Earl of Berkeley, 1da. summ. to Lords [I] as Visct. Dungarvan 20 Feb. 1663; styled. Lord Clifford 20 Mar. 1664; summ. to Lords in his fat’s barony as Lord Clifford of Lanesborough 16 July 1689.Parl. Rep. Yorks. (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xcvi), 91-92,