Earl of Orrery
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Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
that has been united with the earldom of Cork
Earl of Cork
Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle...
since 1753 . It was created in 1660 for the soldier, statesman and dramatist Roger Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
Roger Boyle redirects here. For others of this name, see Roger Boyle Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery was a British soldier, statesman and dramatist. He was the third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Richard's second wife, Catherine Fenton. He was created Baron of Broghill on...
, third but eldest surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork , also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland....
. He had already been created Lord Boyle, Baron of Broghill, in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628 (at the age of only six). He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He represented County Cork in the Irish House of Commons
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and served as Vice-President of Munster. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the third Earl. He represented East Grinstead
East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)
East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons elected by the bloc vote system...
in the English House of Commons. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was a Lieutenant-General in the Army and a prominent diplomat. In 1711 he was created Baron Boyle of Marston, in the County of Somerset, in the Peerage of Great Britain
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. His son, the fifth Earl, succeeded his third cousin as fifth Earl of Cork
Earl of Cork
Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle...
in 1753. See the latter title for further history of the peerages.
Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon
Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, PC was a prominent Irish politician.Boyle was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Boyle , second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. His mother was Lady Mary O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin...
, son and namesake of the Hon. Henry Boyle, younger son of the first Earl of Orrery, was created Earl of Shannon
Earl of Shannon
Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. He was made Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Baron Castle Martyr at the same time,...
in 1756.
The Irish placename Orrery came from Gaelic
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
Orbhraighe, which was at first the name of a tribe
Tribe
A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...
(Orbh-raighe = "Orb's people"), and then of a territory and a barony.
Earls of Orrery (1660)
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle, 1st Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle redirects here. For others of this name, see Roger Boyle Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery was a British soldier, statesman and dramatist. He was the third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Richard's second wife, Catherine Fenton. He was created Baron of Broghill on...
(1621–1679) - Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle, 2nd Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery , styled Lord Broghill between 1660 and 1679, was an Irish peer and politician....
(1646–1682) - Lionel Boyle, 3rd Earl of OrreryLionel Boyle, 3rd Earl of OrreryLionel Boyle, 3rd Earl of Orrery , styled Lord Broghill between 1679 and 1682, was an Anglo-Irish politician....
(1671–1703) - Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of OrreryCharles Boyle, 4th Earl of OrreryCharles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences....
(1674–1731) - John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1707–1762)
- Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork and 6th Earl of Orrey (1729–1764)
- Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of CorkEdmund Boyle, 7th Earl of CorkEdmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and 7th Earl of Orrery was an Irish peer.A younger son of the 5th Earl of Cork and Margaret Hamilton, he succeeded to his half-brother's titles in 1764...
and 7th Earl of Orrey (1742–1798) - Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and 8th Earl of OrreryEdmund Boyle, 8th Earl of CorkGeneral Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP , styled Viscount Dungarvan from 1768 to 1798, was an Irish soldier and peer. He became Earl of Cork and Orrery in 1798 on the death of Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 22 July 1835....
(1767–1856) - Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and 9th Earl of OrreryRichard Boyle, 9th Earl of CorkRichard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork KP, PC , styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician...
(1829–1904) - Charles Spencer Canning Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork and 10th Earl of OrreryCharles Boyle, 10th Earl of CorkCharles Spencer Canning Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork and Orrery , styled Viscount Dungarvan until 1904, was an Irish soldier and peer....
(1861–1925) - Robert John Lascelles Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork and 11th Earl of Orrery (1864–1934)
- William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and 12th Earl of OrreryWilliam Boyle, 12th Earl of CorkAdmiral of the Fleet William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, 12th Earl of Orrery GCB GCVO RN was a career Royal Navy officer who had achieved the rank of full Admiral before succeeding a cousin in 1934 to the family titles, chief of which is Earl of Cork...
(1873–1967) - Patrick Reginald Boyle, 13th Earl of Cork and 13th Earl of Orrery (1910–1995)
- John William Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork and 14th Earl of OrreryJohn Boyle, 14th Earl of CorkJohn William Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork and 14th Earl of Orrery DSC VRD , styled The Honourable John Boyle from 1965 to 1995, was an Irish peer....
(1916–2003) - John Richard Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork and 15th Earl of Orrery (b. 1945)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's only son Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (b. 1978)
See the Earl of Cork
Earl of Cork
Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle...
for further succession