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'''Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon''' (12 May 1809 – 1 August 1868), styled '''Viscount Boyle''' until 1842, was a British politician of the [[Whig (British political faction)|Whig party]]. He served as Member of Parliament for [[Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)|Cork County]] from 1830 to 1832.<ref name=rootsandleaves>[http://www.rootsandleaves.com/family/Burke%27s/SHANNON.htm Listing of the Earls of Shannon and their descendants in Wombat's Family Forest]</ref><ref name=boylefamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.boyle.family.btinternet.co.uk/18090512.html|title=The Boyle Family Genealogy:" Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon"|archiveurl=http://archive.is/BgKk|archivedate=2012-08-03}}{{dead link|date=November 2012|bot=Legobot}}</ref> |
'''Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon''' (12 May 1809 – 1 August 1868), styled '''Viscount Boyle''' until 1842, was a British politician of the [[Whig (British political faction)|Whig party]]. He served as Member of Parliament for [[Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)|Cork County]] from 1830 to 1832.<ref name=rootsandleaves>[http://www.rootsandleaves.com/family/Burke%27s/SHANNON.htm Listing of the Earls of Shannon and their descendants in Wombat's Family Forest] {{wayback|url=http://www.rootsandleaves.com/family/Burke%27s/SHANNON.htm |date=20080720164032 }}</ref><ref name=boylefamily>{{cite web|url=http://www.boyle.family.btinternet.co.uk/18090512.html|title=The Boyle Family Genealogy:" Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon"|archiveurl=http://archive.is/BgKk|archivedate=2012-08-03}}{{dead link|date=November 2012|bot=Legobot}}</ref> |
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Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (12 May 1809 – 1 August 1868), styled Viscount Boyle until 1842, was a British politician of the Whig party. He served as Member of Parliament for Cork County from 1830 to 1832.[1][2]
Background
Boyle was the son of Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon and his wife, Sarah, daughter of John Hyde of Castle Hyde[1][2] and his wife, Sarah Burton.[3] Hyde was a descendant of the Hyde family of Denchworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
Political career
Boyle was elected a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom general election, 1830 and re-elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1831.[4] The Reform Act 1832 increased the number of individuals entitled to vote, increasing the size of electorate by 50–80%, and allowing a total of 653,000 adult males (around one in five) to vote, in a population of some 14 million.[5] In the United Kingdom general election, 1832 which followed, Cork County was allowed to elect two Members of Parliament instead of one. Richard failed to be re-elected, his seat taken by Feargus O'Connor, a leader of the Chartist movement, and Garrett Standish Barry.[4] Barry was a Roman Catholic, the first one elected to Parliament following the Catholic Relief Act 1829.[6] On 22 April 1842, his father died and Boyle succeeded him. He held no other political office until his death.[1][2]
Family
On [28 May 1832, Lord Shannon married Emily Henrietta Seymour in London. She was a daughter of Lord George Seymour-Conway and Isabella Hamilton.[7] His father-in-law was a son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and his wife Lady Isabella Fitzroy.[8] His mother-in-law was a daughter of the Reverend George Hamilton, Canon of Windsor (1718–1787) and his wife Elizabeth Onslow.[9]
They had two sons:[7]
- Henry Bentinck Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon (22 November 1833 - 8 February 1890).
- Frederick James Boyle (16 September 1835 - 10 October 1861).
References
- ^ a b c Listing of the Earls of Shannon and their descendants in Wombat's Family Forest Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "The Boyle Family Genealogy:" Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon"". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03.[dead link]
- ^ Leo van de Pas, "Descendants of Mary Tudor, Princess of England", gen 9/1-29 of 19 generations
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment, List of Members of Parliament:"The House of Commons constituencies starting with C"
- ^ Marcus, Jane (ed.) (2001). "Women's Source Library Vol.VIII: Suffrage and the Pankhursts", page 132
- ^ Cork County Library:"The Standish Barry Family"
- ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "Profile of Emily Henrietta Seymour in Peerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Profile of Francis Seymour-Conway in Peerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Profile of George Hamilton in Peerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- Burke's Peerage, 107th edition (2004)