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Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl Of Cork
Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork and 6th Earl of Orrery (3 February 1729 – 17 January 1764) was the son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Lady Henrietta Hamilton. He inherited the titles of 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery and 3rd Baron Boyle of Marston from his father in 1762. He served in the Parliament of Great Britain as member of parliament (MP) for Warwick between 1751 and 1762, and represented Charleville in the Irish House of Commons between 1759 and 1760. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his brother. References External linksBoyle family 1729 births 1764 deaths British MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Dungarvan, Hamilton Boyle, Viscount Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies Hamilton {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub 6th 6th 3rd Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boyle, 5th Earl Of Cork
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery, FRS (13 January 1707 – 16 November 1762) was a writer and a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson. The only son of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Cecil (1687–1708), daughter of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter. He was born at Westminster and attended Christ Church, Oxford. In 1743, he was one of several leading Tories who communicated with the French government through Francis Sempill in order to illicit French support for an invasion to restore the Stuart line. He published a translation of the letters of Pliny the Younger in 1751, ''Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift'' in the same year, and the ''Memoirs of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth''. His ''Letters from Italy'' was published in 1773. Family He was married twice, first to Henrietta, daughter of George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney and his wife Elizabeth Hamilton, née Villiers.Livingstone, N. (2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
