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Authorised form of nameBoyle; Charles (1639 - 1694); Viscount Dungarvan; politician
Other forms of nameBoyle, Charles, Baron Clifford of Lanesborough
Dates1639 - 1694
NationalityBritish
Date of birth17 November 1639
Date of death12 October 1694
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Londesborough, Yorkshire, England, Europe
ActivityEducation:
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
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/01/1664
ProposerRobert Boyle
Date of ejection or withdrawal22 July 1685
RSActivityCommittee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (1664)
Other Royal Society activityProposed on the same day he was elected and admitted on 13 January 1664; Expelled for non-payment of arrears
RelationshipsParents: 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)
OtherInfoIn 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.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster; GEC; Hunter; Henning
Notes:
Called to the House of Lords for the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/108111901
CodeNA5803
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