Earl of Cork

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Earldom of Cork
held with
Earldom of Orrery

Arms of Boyle: Per bend embattled argent and gules[1]
Creation date26 October 1620
CreationSecond
Created byJames I
PeeragePeerage of Ireland
First holderRichard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Present holderJohn Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork
Heir apparentHon. Rory Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan
Remainder toHeirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesViscount Dungarvan
Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghal
Seat(s)Lickfold House
Former seat(s)Lismore Castle
Marston Bigot Park[2]
Motto"God's providence is mine inheritance"[3]
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
and 4th Earl of Cork

Earl of Cork is a title in the Peerage of Ireland, held in conjunction with the Earldom of Orrery since 1753. It was created in 1620 for Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle. He had already been created Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghal, in the County of Cork, in 1616, and was made Viscount of Dungarvan, in the County of Waterford, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland.

Known as the "Great Earl", Richard Boyle was born in

Lord Treasurer of Ireland. His third son, the Hon. Sir Roger Boyle was created Earl of Orrery in 1660. The first Earl of Cork was remarkable for having four of his sons created peers; his remaining son was Robert Boyle, the scientist, discoverer of Boyle's law.[4]

Lord Cork was succeeded by his second son, another Richard Boyle, the second Earl; his eldest son died young. This Richard Boyle had already succeeded his younger brother as second

English House of Lords through a writ of acceleration
in his father's junior title of Baron Clifford of Lanesborough.

Lord Cork was succeeded by his grandson, the third Earl, the son of Viscount Dungarvan. He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. On his death the titles passed to his only son, the fourth Earl of Cork and third Earl of Burlington. Known as Lord Burlington, he was the famous architect who published Andrea Palladio's designs of Ancient Roman architecture and designed Chiswick House with William Kent. He had no sons and on his death in 1753 the barony of Clifford of Lanesborough and earldom of Burlington became extinct. He was succeeded in the Burlington estates and in the barony of Clifford by his eldest surviving daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (see the Baron Clifford for later history of this title). She married William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. Their third son Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish was created Earl of Burlington in 1831.

Lord Burlington was succeeded in the earldom of Cork and the other remaining titles by his third cousin

British House of Commons. He died unmarried at the age of thirty-three and was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork. The seventh Earl is remembered only for the fame of his second wife Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery
, the celebrated Lady Cork whose salon was a centre of intellectual life for fifty years. On his death in 1798 the titles passed to his second but eldest surviving son, the eighth Earl. He was a General in the Army and fought in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork.

He was succeeded by his grandson, the ninth Earl. He was the son of Captain Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan. Lord Cork was a

Narvik in 1940. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the thirteenth Earl. He was the eldest son of Major the Hon. Reginald Courtenay Boyle. He served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and as Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords from 1973 to 1978. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourteenth Earl. As of 2017
, the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifteenth Earl, who succeeded in 2003.

The family seat is Lickfold House, near Petworth, West Sussex.

Earl of Cork (1394?)

Earl of Rutland, the first son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, fifth son of Edward III of England, favorite of his cousin Richard II
, had been created Earl of Cork in the Peerage of Ireland during his nephew's personal reign. While the creation is unrecorded, he campaigned in Ireland from 1394 to 1395, and both he and King Richard use the title in letters that spring.

He is usually called by some other of his many titles; Rutland, Aumale, or York. He was created

Duke of Aumale in 1397, and deprived of the dukedom 6 October 1399, as a consequence of the deposition of Richard II; he succeeded his father as Duke of York in 1402. This Earldom, and all honours created for him, became extinct when he died childless at the battle of Agincourt
in 1415.

Earls of Cork (1620)

Heirs who did not live to succeed to the Earldom are indented.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (born 1978).

Family tree and line of succession

Line of succession
  • Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1566–1643)
    • Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621–1679)
      • Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery (1646–1682)
        • Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731)
          • John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1707–1762)
            • Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1742–1798)
              • Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1767–1856)
                • Hon. John Boyle (1803–1874)
                  • Gerald Edmund Boyle (1840–1927)
                    • Hon. Reginald Courtenay Boyle (1877–1946)
                      • John Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1916–2003)
                        • John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork and Orrery (b. 1945)
                          • (1). Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (b. 1978)
                        • (2). Hon. Robert William Boyle (b. 1948)
                          • (3). Richard Piers Boyle (b. 1988)
                        • (4). Hon. Charles Reginald Boyle (b. 1957)
                          • (5). John Arthur Hoene Boyle (b. 1994)
                • Rev. Hon. Richard Cavendish Boyle (1812–1886)
                  • Charles John Boyle (1849–1922)
                    • Edmund Michael Gordon Leventhorpe Boyle (1895–1982)
                      • George Hamilton Boyle (1928–2007)
                        • (6). Robert Edmund John Boyle (b. 1954)
                          • (7). Patrick Gordon Tobias Boyle (b. 1991)
                        • (8). Richard William Boyle (b. 1959)
                          • (9). Jonathan Charles Boyle (b. 2001)
                        • (10). Rupert Lancelot Cavendish Boyle (b. 1960)
                          • (11). Angus Hugo Edmund Boyle (b. 1989)
                          • (12). Christopher Simon Hamilton Boyle (b. 1992)
                          • (13). Jocelyn William Rupert Boyle (b. 1998)
              • Hon. Courtenay Boyle (1770–1844)
                • Charles John Boyle (1806–1885)
                  • Lionel Richard Cavendish Boyle (1851–1920)
                    • Richard Courtenay Boyle (1902–1986)
                      • (14). John Richard Boyle (b. 1938)
                        • (15). Richard Burlington Boyle (b. 1966)
                        • (16). Charles Robert Boyle (b. 1969)
                        • (17). Patrick William Boyle (b. 1971)
                        • (18). Harry Courtenay Boyle (b. 1979)
                      • (19). William Robert Cavendish Boyle (b. 1944)
      • Hon. Henry Boyle (1648–1693)

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See also

References

  1. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.284
  2. ^ Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, Etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England. Jones & Company. 1829. p. 135. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
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  4. ^ Courthope, William (1839). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: With Additions to the Present Time and a New Set of Coats of Arms from Drawings by Harvey. J. G. & F. Rivington. pp. 200–201.
  5. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1
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