| Authorised form of name | Boyle; Charles (1674 - 1731); 4th Earl of Orrery |
| Dates | 1674 - 1731 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Chelsea, Middlesex |
| Date of birth | 28 July 1674 |
| Place of death | Downing Street, Westminster |
| Date of death | 28 August 1731 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Westminster Abbey |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Activity | Education:
St Paul's School; Christ Church, Oxford. BA (1694)
Career:
MP (Ireland) for Charleville (1695-1699); Receiver General in the Alienation Office (1699); MP for Huntingdon (1701-1705); wounded in duel with Francis Wortley in a dispute over his return for the seat; Colonel of a regiment of foot (1704-1710); served at the Battle of Malplaquet; Brigadier General (1709); Major General (1710); Colonel of the 21st Regiment (North British Fusiliers) (1710-1716); Envoy to Flanders, where he took part in the negotiations of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713); Privy Councillor; Lord of the Bedchamber (1714-1716); Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (1714-1715); deprived of his military command and imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of complicity in Layer's plot (1722-1723), being released when Richard Mead (FRS 1703) certified that continued imprisonment was dangerous to his life and was later discharged; he was a patron of Graham, who named the orrery after him
Honours:
KT 1705; 1st Baron Boyle of Marston, Somerset 1711 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/04/1706 |
| Relationships | Son of Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (FRS 1665) and his wife, Frances, daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex; succeeded his brother (1703); married Elizabeth, daughter of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and his wife, Anne, daughter of William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (FRS 1663); cousin of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; GEC; Thomas |
| Code | NA6731 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000490 | Boyle, Charles, 4th Earl of Orrery | nd |