| Authorised form of name | Boyle; Charles (1639 - 1694); Viscount Dungarvan; politician |
| Other forms of name | Boyle, Charles, Baron Clifford of Lanesborough |
| Dates | 1639 - 1694 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 17 November 1639 |
| Date of death | 12 October 1694 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Londesborough, Yorkshire, England, Europe |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1656); Middle Temple (admitted 1669); Gray's Inn (admitted 1675)
Career:
Travelled in the Netherlands and France (1660); MP for Tamworth (1669-1679); MP for Yorkshire (1679-1681, 1685-1687); Commissioner for Assessment for West Riding of Yorkshire and York (1673-1680), East Riding (1679-1680), Westminster (1689); Colonel of Militia for West Riding (?1679-1687)
Honours:
Baron Clifford 1659; Viscount Dungarvan 1663
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/01/1664 |
| Proposer | Robert Boyle |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 22 July 1685 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Proposed on the same day he was elected and admitted on 13 January 1664; Expelled for non-payment of arrears |
| Relationships | Parents: Richard Boyle, second Earl of Cork, and Lady Elizabeth Clifford; succeeded his mother (1691); predeceased his father
Siblings: Richard Boyle (FRS 1663)
Married: 1) Jane Seymour; 2) Arethusa Berkeley
Additional relatives: father-in-law George Berkeley, first Earl Berkeley (FRS 1663); son-in-law Henry Petty, first Earl of Shelburne (FRS 1696); uncle Robert Boyle (FRS 1663) |
| OtherInfo | In his career as a politician and member of parliament, he was not appointed to particularly many committees, although the committee to consider accusations of corruptions from 1674 is considered his most important appointment. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster; GEC; Hunter; Henning
Notes:
Called to the House of Lords for the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/108111901 |
| Code | NA5803 |