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Richard Boyle

Also Known As: "1st Earl Of Cork", "1st Viscount Dungarvin", "1st Baron Of Youghal", "Lord High Treasurer Of Ireland", "The Great 1st Earl Of Cork Boyle"
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Birthplace: Canterbury, Kent, England
Death: September 15, 1643 (76)
Youghal, Cork, Ireland
Place of Burial: Youghal, Cork, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of Roger Boyle and Joan Naylor
Husband of Joan Boyle and Catherine Fenton, Countess of Cork
Father of Roger Boyle; Alice Barry, Countess Berrymore; Sarah Boyle; Lettice Goring; Joan Boyle and 11 others
Brother of Rt. Rev. John Boyle, Bishop of Cork and Cloyne; Lady Mary Smythe; Hugh Boyle and Elizabeth Boyle

Occupation: First Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer Of Ireland
Married: July 25, 1603, Kent, England
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About Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork

Sir Richard Boyle BIRTH: October 13, 1566, Preston, Dover District, Kent, England; DEATH: September 15, 1643 (aged 76), Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; BURIAL: Collegiate Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; 1st Earl of Cork, 1st Viscount Dungarvan, 1st Baron Boyle of Youghal, Lord High Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. PARENT: Robert Boyle. SPOUSE: Catherine Fenton Boyle, 1582–1629 MARRIED: July 25, 1603 CHILDREN: 1. Joan Boyle Fitzgerald, –1656 2. Dorothy Boyle Talbot, –1668 3. Roger Boyle, 1606–1615 4. Sarah Boyle Digby, 1609–1633 5. Richard Boyle, 1612–1698 6. Catherine Boyle Jones, 1615–1691 7.Mary Boyle Rich, 1624–1678 8. Robert Boyle, 1627–1691 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44820972/richard-boyle

"Inscription"; "Richardvs Boyle miles, Dominvs Boyle, Baro de Yoghall,Vicecomes Dvngarvan, Comes Corcagensis, Dominvs svmmvs hvivs regni Hiberniae thesavrarivs,& de privato concilio dni regis tam Angliae qvam Hiberniae, ex antiqvissima Boylorum familia Herefordiensi orivndvs, qvi patrem habvit Rogervm Boyle armigervm, matrem itedem generosam Ioanam Nayleram e solo Cantiano profectam, cvm dvas sibi invicem ivnxisset vxores, primam Ioanam filiam & cohaeredem Gvlielmi Appsley armigeri, nvlla svperstite prole, alteram praeclare foecvndam, Catharinam natam Domini Galfridi Fentoni eqvitis, regiae maiestati in hoc regno a secretis: postqvam varios pro repvblica cepisset labores, nec immeritos honores conscendisset,ipse iam septvaginta septvm annos natvs, ac mortem indies imminentem expectans, sibi & posteris hoc posvit monvmentvm sacrvm memoriae. “Ipse de se sic posvi tvmvlvm, svperest intendere votis, parce animae, carnem solvito, Christe! Veni." Added by Arlis Taylor Zinram ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English-born politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork's Timeline

1566
October 13, 1566
Canterbury, Kent, England
1606
August 1, 1606
Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
1607
March 20, 1607
Youghal, County Cork, Munster, Ireland
1609
March 29, 1609
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
1610
April 25, 1610
Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
1611
June 14, 1611
Lismore, , Cork, Ireland
1612
October 20, 1612
Youghal, Cork, Ireland
1614
March 22, 1614