Authorised form of name | Boyle; Richard (1695 - 1753); 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork |
Dates | 1695 - 1753 |
Nationality | British |
Date of birth | 25 April 1695 |
Place of death | Chiswick, Middlesex |
Date of death | 15 December 1753 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Londesborough, Yorkshire |
Research field | Architecture |
Activity | 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)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 25/10/1722 |
Relationships | 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) |
Source | 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 |
Code | NA8249 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/000492 | Boyle, Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork | nd |