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BOYER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1728; in school list 1731. [Probably William Bowyear, brother of last, bapt. Lincoln’s Inn Chapel 31 Mar 1717] [Perhaps William Bowyear, Registrar in Chancery (Chamberlayne 1748), d. 10 Jun 1767 (will proved PCC 25 Jun 1767, as of Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex)]

BOYES, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1720; left 1721.

BOYLE, CHARLES, VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN, elder son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Jan 1729; adm. Apr 1738 (Taylor's); his progress at school is frequently mentioned in the Orrery Papers, 1903, i, 244-5, seq.; in school list 1744; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1745; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1756; m. 18 May 1753 Susanna, dau. of Henry Hoare (under school list 1715, qv); d. 16 Sep 1759.

BOYLE, HAMILTON, 6TH EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY (I), younger son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Feb 1729/30; adm. Jul 1741; KS (Capt. ) 1744; Capt. of the School 1747; played the part of Ignoramus in the play of 1747 with great success (The Orrery Papers, 1903, ii, 9, 11, 13); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 - Dec 1762, Faculty Student from 10 Dec 1762; BCL 15 May 1755; DCL 6 Jul 1763; High Steward, Oxford Univ., from 1762; adm. Inner Temple 19 Nov 1748; MP (I) Charleville 1759-60; MP Warwick 1761 - 23 Nov 1762; succ. his father as 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery 23 Nov 1762; d. unm. 17 Jan 1764.

BOYLE, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF SHANNON (I), second son of Lieut. -Col. Hon. Henry Boyle, and Lady Mary O’Brien, d. of Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin (I); b.; adm.; QS 1702; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Mar 1704/5, aged 18; of Castle Martyr, co. Cork; MP (I) Midleton 1707-13, Kilmallock 1713-4, co. Cork 1715-56; successfully resisted the attempt of the government in 1729 to obtain a vote for a continuation of supplies to the Crown for twenty-one years; Privy Councillor (I) 13 Apr 1733; Chancellor of the Exchequer (I) 19 Nov 1733 - Nov 1735, 1739-54, 1755-6; opposed the government proposal for appropriating the Irish surplus, 1753; Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 4 Oct 1733 - 31 Mar 1756; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1735; the parliamentary leader of the Whig party in Ireland; styled by Walpole “the King of the Irish Commons”; acted no less than fifteen times as a Lord Justice in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant; on resigning the Speakership he was granted a government pension and created Earl of Shannon (I) 7 Apr 1756; m. 1st, 1715, Catherine, dau. of Chidley Coote, Kilmallock, co. Limerick; m. 2nd, Sep 1726 Lady Henrietta Boyle, dau. of Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork (I) and 2nd Earl of Burlington; d. at Dublin 28 Dec 1764. DNB.

BOYLE, HENRY, 1ST BARON CARLETON, third son of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, and his first wife Lady Jane Seymour, dau. of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset; b.; at school under Busby; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 9 Nov 1692, matr. 1692; MA 1693; MP Tamworth 8 May 1689 - Feb 1690, Cambridge Univ. 21 Nov 1692 - 1705, Westminster 1705-10; a Whig politician; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1 Jun 1699 - Mar 1701; Chancellor of the Exchequer 29 Mar 1701 - Feb 1708; Privy Councillor 27 Mar 1701; Secretary of State, Northern Dept., 13 Feb 1708 - Sep 1710; Lord Treasurer of Ireland 5 May 1704 - Aug 1710; a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland 1706; one of the managers of Sacheverell’s trial, 1710; created Baron Carleton (GB) 10 Oct 1714; Lord President of the Council from 25 Jun 1721; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire West Riding 6 Apr 1704 - 10 Jun 1715; DCL Oxford 6 Jul 1720; a Busby Trustee from 5 Feb 1724/5; the third volume of the Spectator was dedicated to him by Addison; the name of his house in Pall Mall is perpetuated by Carlton House Terrace; d. unm. 14 Mar 1725. DNB.

BOYLE, JOHN, 5TH EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY (I), only son of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (I) KP, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army, and Lady Elizabeth Cecil, dau. of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter; b. 18 Jan 1706/7; adm. Nov 1717; in under school list 1719; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Aug 1723; MA from Univ. Coll. 1743; succ. father as 5th Earl of Orrery (I) 28 Aug 1731; FRS 23 Oct 1746; succ. his cousin as 5th Earl of Cork (I) 4 Dec 1753; living in Italy for financial reasons 1754-5; a friend of Swift, Pope and Johnson; contributor to The World and The Connoisseur; author, Remarks on the life and writings of Jonathan Swift, 1751, and other works; m. 1st, 9 May 1728 Lady Henrietta Hamilton, youngest dau. of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (S) PC KT, Field Marshal in the Army; m. 2nd, 30 Jun 1738 Margaret, dau. of John Hamilton, Caledon, co. Tyrone; d. 23 Nov 1762. DNB.

BOYLE, MORDAUNT CHARLES, eldest son of Charles John Boyle, Diplomatic Service, and Zacyntha, second dau. of Major-Gen. Sir Lorenzo Moore KCH CB; b. 21 Jun 1850; adm. 14 Apr 1862; left Christmas 1864; Ensign, 60th Foot, 23 Sep 1871; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; Adjutant, 13 Nov 1875 - 14 Sep 1877; Capt., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10 Nov 1880; Maj., 14 Mar 1883; served in South African war 1881 and on Egyptian expedition 1882; m. 12 Jul 1877 his cousin Charlotte Jane, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Hon. Robert Edward Boyle MP; d. while on active service at Kurol, Upper Egypt, 5 May 1885.

Third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork. Boyle designed the new College dormitory building in 1722.