Boys, Anthony Vernon, son of Ernest John Egerton Boys, civil engineer, and Janet Myfanwy, sister of Percy Thoresby-Jones (qv); b. 19 June 1922; adm. Apr. 1936 (H); left Apr. 1937; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army 1942, transf. to RE 1945 (Lieut.); m. Dorothea Maud, d. of Rev. George Owen Cheese, Vicar of Wastlake, Cumbria; d. in Kenya 12 Jan. 1959.
BOYLE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1590, adm. scholar 1591, matr. c. 1591.
Boyle, Walter Julian Algernon, son of Hon. Walter John Harry Boyle CBE, Sen. Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, and Ethel Horatia, d. of Capt. Edward Rowe Fisher Rowe DL, 4th Dragoon Guards, of Thorncombe, Surrey; b. 26 Nov. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxf., but did not matriculate; RNVR 1939-5 (Lieut.); dir. Fell & Briant Ltd 1972-; m. 30 July 1941 Anita Diana, d. of W. H. Greenhow of Cobham, Surrey; d. 25 Nov. 1994
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, 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, 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.
BOYD, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS 1703.
BOYD, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Boyd, Bart., MP, Danson Park, Kent, and Margaret, fifth dau. of Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); b. 5 Jun 1786; adm. 19 Sep 1797 (Clapham); in school list 1801; succ. father as 3rd baronet, 30 May 1815; m. 22 Sep 1818 Harriet, second dau. of Hugh Boyd, Ballycastle, co. Antrim; d. at Boulogne 19 Jan 1855.
Boyd, John Gordon, son of Edwyn Gordon Boyd of Northwood, Middx, and Gladys, d. of Robert Creighton; b. 3 Dec. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (G); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric, 1936, BA 1940, MA 1946; Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.); HM For. Service 1946, Asst Principal FO; 2nd Sec. (Commercial) Rome 1946-9, Washington 1949-52; HM Consul (Commercial) New York 1954-7; FO 1957-9, retd 1959; pres. Thos de la Rue Inc., New York; World Bank consultant; m. Isobel Margaret, d. of William John Moir MB, Malayan medical service; d. 13 Dec. 1993
BOYD, ALFRED BLACK PRINGLE, son of John Pringle Boyd, Priory Road, London, River Plate merchant, and Mary Ann Black (IGI); b. Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 Jul 1863; adm. (G) 2 Oct 1875; left Aug 1879; commercial clerk, shipping (1881 census); lived in Buenos Aires for some years, subsequently returning to England; d. 7 Apr 1908.