Viscount Boyle

Viscount Boyle is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of Ireland .

Awards

In the first bestowal on February 28, 1628 the title Viscount Boyle , of Kinalmeaky in the County of Cork , was created for Sir Lewis Boyle , the second son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork . Together with the Viscountcy he was awarded the subordinate title Baron Boyle of Bandon Bridge . Since the Viscount was childless, both titles were awarded with the special addition that, in the absence of his own offspring, they could also be inherited by his father's male offspring. When he died childless in 1642, the titles fell to his older brother Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork , and have since been subordinate titles of the respective Earl of Cork .

Parallel to the existing title of the first award, the title Viscount Boyle , of Bandon in the County of Cork, was created for the politician Henry Boyle on March 20, 1756 . This was a great-nephew of the 1st Viscount's first award. Together with the Viscountcy he was awarded the title of Baron Castle Martyr , as well as the title of Earl of Shannon , to which both are subordinate to this day.

List of Viscounts Boyle

Viscounts Boyle, of Kinalmeaky (1628)

• Lewis Boyle, 1st Viscount Boyle (1619-1642)
• Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork , 2nd Viscount Boyle (1612–1698)
• Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork , 3rd Viscount Boyle (before 1674–1704)
• Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork , 4th Viscount Boyle (1694-1753)
• John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork , 5th Viscount Boyle (1707–1762)
• Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork , 6th Viscount Boyle (1729–1764)
• Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork , 7th Viscount Boyle (1742–1798)
• Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork , 8th Viscount Boyle (1767-1856)
• Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork , 9th Viscount Boyle (1829–1904)
• Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork , 10th Viscount Boyle (1861–1925)
• Robert Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork , 11th Viscount Boyle (1864–1934)
• William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork , 12th Viscount Boyle (1873–1967)
• Patrick Boyle, 13th Earl of Cork , 13th Viscount Boyle (1910-1995)
• John Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork , 14th Viscount Boyle (1916-2003)
• John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork , 15th Viscount Boyle (born 1945)

Heir apparent is the son of the current owner , Rory Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (* 1978).

Viscounts Boyle, of Bandon (1756)

• Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon , 1st Viscount Boyle (1686–1764)
• Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon , 2nd Viscount Boyle (1728–1807)
• Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon , 3rd Viscount Boyle (1771–1842)
• Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon , 4th Viscount Boyle (1809–1868)
• Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon , 5th Viscount Boyle (1833–1890)
• Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon , 6th Viscount Boyle (1860–1906)
• Richard Boyle, 7th Earl of Shannon , 7th Viscount Boyle (1897–1917)
• Robert Boyle, 8th Earl of Shannon , 8th Viscount Boyle (1900–1963)
• Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon , 9th Viscount Boyle (1924-2013)
• Richard Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon , 10th Viscount Boyle (* 1960)

Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the cousin of the current title holder, Robert Francis Boyle (* 1930).

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Cork, Earl of (I, 1620) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Shannon, Earl of (I, 1756) at Cracroft's Peerage