Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton
The Lord Carleton | |
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 Portrait by Godfrey Kneller | |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 25 June 1721 – 27 March 1725 | |
| Monarch | George I |
| Preceded by | Viscount Townshend |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Devonshire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1669 |
| Died | 31 March 1725 (aged 55) |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1710. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State, and after he was raised to the peerage as Baron Carleton, served as Lord President of the council.
Biography
Boyle was the son of
Whig, and in 1688 deserted the army of James II in favour of the Prince of Orange
.
In 1689, he was elected
Chancellor of the Exchequer of England in 1701.[1]
Boyle picked up other offices during his career, becoming
Harley and his followers from the government, Boyle became Secretary of State for the Northern Department and Lord Treasurer Godolphin's principal lieutenant in the Commons. His and Godolphin's dominance in the ministry was increasingly overshadowed by the power of the Junto of Whig aristocrats, however, and in 1710 he retired from office and withdrew from politics with the arrival of Harley's new Tory
ministry.
Baron Carleton
With the
Hanoverian succession in 1714, Boyle was raised to the peerage as Baron Carleton, and became Lord President
in 1721, an office in which he continued until his death in 1725.
Carlton Way, a road in north Cambridge that follows the path of the Roman Akeman Street, and the public house The Carlton Arms on the same road, are named after him.[4]
References
- ^ a b "BOYLE, Hon. Henry (1669-1725), of Carleton House, Pall Mall, Westminster". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "BOYLE, Hon. Henry (d.1725), of Pall Mall, Westminster". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Boyle, the Hon. Henry (BL692-)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 9780521789561.
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