Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, 3rd Baron Clifford, FRS ( bapt. 12 December 1639 – 12 October 1694), was an English peer and politician. He was a member of a famous

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family.

Early life

Charles Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Clifford, 2nd Baroness Clifford ''

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'', and was styled with the

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of Viscount

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from birth.

Career

In 1663, Charles Boyle was called to the Irish House of Lords as Viscount Dungarvan and became a Fellow of the

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the following year. From 1670 to 1679, Charles was Member of Parliament for Tamworth in the

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, and then for

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from 1679 onward. In 1682, he purchased the original

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which was a Jacobean house owned by Sir Edward Wardour. The house was used as a summer retreat by the Boyle family from their central London residence,

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. In 1689, he was called to the

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for the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough, which had been created for his father in 1644. On his mother's death in 1691, Charles inherited the Barony of Clifford. As he predeceased his father in 1694, his titles passed to his eldest son, Charles Boyle who succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Earl of Burlington.

Personal life and death

On 7 May 1661, Charles Boyle had married Lady Jane Seymour (1637–1679), the fourth daughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and his wife, Lady Frances Devereux. They had five children: *Hon. Elizabeth Boyle (1662–1703), married her second cousin

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. *Hon. Mary Boyle (c. 1664–1709), married

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. * Hon. Charles Boyle (bef. 1669–1704), later 4th Viscount Dungarvan, and later still 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington. * Hon. Henry Boyle (1669–1725), later 1st Baron Carleton. *Hon. Arabella Boyle (c. 1671–1750), married

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. After the death of his wife Jane in 1679, Charles married Lady Arethusa Berkeley (1664–1743), daughter of George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley and Elizabeth Massingberd, in 1688, and they had one child: *Hon. Arethusa Boyle (1688–?), married

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. Charles Boyle died on 12 October 1694. , -

References

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