Person Boyle; Richard (1695 - 1753); 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork Boyle Richard 1695 - 1753 British Male 25 April 1695 Chiswick, Middlesex 15 December 1753 Burial: Londesborough, Yorkshire

Chiswick, Middlesex

Architecture Career: Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1714); Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire (1715-1721) and of the West Riding (1715-1733); Lord Treasurer of Ireland (1715); Governor of Co Cork (1715); Vice Admiral of Yorkshire (1715-1733); Privy Councillor (1729); Captain of the Band of Gentleman Pensioners (1731-1733); Constable of Knaresborough Castle; an amateur architect, collector of pictures and patron of artists, architects and men of letters, he spent over £200,000 on buildings and the fine arts and was forced to sell some of his Irish estates; designed for himself the Palladian villa in which he lived in Chiswick Honours: KG 1730 Memberships: FSA (1724) Son of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington, and his wife, Juliana, daughter of the Hon Henry Noel of North Luffenham, Rutland, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Wale, Alderman, of London; grandson of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (FRS 1664); succeeded his father (1704); married Dorothy, daughter of William Savile, Marquess of Halifax, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 6th Earl of Winchilsea (FRS 1668); cousin of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (FRS 1706) Fellow 25/10/1722 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC References: R E W Maddison, 'Studies in the Life of Robert Boyle, FRS. Part III. The Charitable Disposal of Robert Boyle's Residuary Estate' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 15-27 Notes: Proposed by William Derham International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 25 Apr 1695 - 15 Dec 1753 NA8249 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes f1117a29-bed7-4021-a204-5a4c5c15670f