Most Rev. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh

Find-a-Grave Memorial #160311269

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Michael Boyle, the younger (1609?–1702), Archbishop of Armagh, eldest son of Richard Boyle, Archbishop of Tuam, and nephew of the elder Michael, held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Said to be in his 93rd year at death

1640 : This year Michael Boyle, Dean of Cloyne, was admitted free, and Sworn the 26th day of October.
(Note: Michael Boyle, D.D., was son of Richard Boyle Archbishop of Tuam,
and was advanced to the sees of Cork, Cloyne and Ross by letters patent of King Charles II., 22nd January, 1660. He was consecrated in St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, on the 27th of the same month. And he was one of the twelve bishops who were consecrated all together in St. Patrick s Church after the Restoration.. Quite spent with old age, having arrived at his 93rd year, he died at Oxmantown, Dublin, and was buried on the next night, 10th December, 1702, at eleven, in the Earl of Cork's tomb in St. Patrick's Cathedral, without pomp. – ‘Brady’s Record’s.”)
All lighters to cleanse the key every year.

Family

He married firstly Margaret Synge, daughter of George Synge, Bishop of Cloyne and secondly Mary O'Brien, daughter of Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin. In addition to his son Lord Blessington, he had five daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Eleanor, Martha, who married Sir William Davys, and Honora, who married Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass .

Citations

• [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3849. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 898.
• [S2226] Lawless Bethune, "re: Bethune Family," e-mail message to www.thepeerage.com, 27 March 2007. Hereinafter cited as "re: Bethune Family."
• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 190. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 193.
• [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume V, page 346. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1116.
• [S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), page 1086. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Irish Family Records.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1176.

Links

• http://fredrickhervey4thearlofbristol.blogspot.com/2012/08/tamlaght...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Boyle_(the_younger)_
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1933.htm#i19324

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1. A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke. Page 70. "BOYLE-VISCOUNTS BLESINTON."