Sir Richard "the Rich" Boyle

2nd Earl of Cork, 1st Earl of Burlington, Lord high treasurer of the kingdom of Ireland, Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky, Baron of Bandon Bridge, 1st Baron Clifford of Lanesborough in the county of York

Born: 20 Oct 1612 at the College of Youghal, co Cork, Ireland

Father: Sir Richard Boyle 1st Earl of Cork, 1st Viscount Dungarvan, 1st Baron Boyle of Youghal, Lord High Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland

• Born:13 Oct 1566 in Canterbury, Kent, England
• Died: 15 Sep 1643 in Youghal, co Cork, Ireland
• Buried: in St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, co Cork, Ireland

Mother: Catherine Fenton (only daughter of Alice Weston and Sir Geoffrey Fenton)

• Born: abt 1582
• Married: 25 Jul 1603 in Dublin, Ireland
• Died: 16 Feb 1629-30 in Dublin, Ireland
• Buried: 11 Mar 1629/30 in the National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick, Dublin, Ireland

Wife: Lady Elizabeth Clifford (daughter of Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland)

• Born: 18 September 1613 in Skipton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
• Married: 5 Jul 1635 Skipton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
• Children:
  • Francis Boyle
    • Born: abt 1636
    • Died: died young
  • Elizabeth Boyle
    • Born: abt 1637
    • Married: Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet on 11 Apr 1664
    • Died: 1 Sep 1725
  • Frances Boyle
    • Born: abt 1638
    • Married (1): Col Sir Francis Ughtred Courtenay, 3rd Bart of Newcastle in abt 1659
    • Married (2): Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (son of James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon and Elizabeth Wentworth) on 2 Apr 1662
    • Died: abt 1673
  • Charles Boyle Viscount Dungarvan, Lord Clifford of Lanesborough
    • Born: 12 Sep 1639 in Youghal, co Cork, Ireland
    • Baptised: 12 Dec 1639 in Precinct Savoy, Westminster, Middlesex, England
    • Married (1): Lady Jane Seymour (3rd daughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset) on 7 May 1661
    • Married (2): Arethusa Berkley (6th daughter of George, 1st Earl of Berkley)
    • Died: 12 October 1694
  • Richard Boyle
    • Died: 3 Jun 1665, killed in the battle of Solebay
  • Mary Anne Boyle
    • Born: abt 1644
    • Married: Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (son of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crewe) in in Youghal, co Cork, Ireland in Jan 1668
    • Died: 14 Sep 1671
    • Buried: in Barnwell, Northaptonshire, England
  • Henrietta Boyle
    • Born: abt 1647 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England
    • Married: Laurence Hyde, KG, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1st Earl of Rochester (2nd son of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor, 1st Earl of Clarendon and uncle to Queen Anne) in 1665
    • Died: 12 Apr 1687
• Died: 6 Jan 1698

Key Historical Events:

• Knighted at his father's house in Youghal, co Waterford, Ireland by Lord Falkland, Deputy General of Ireland on 13 August 1624
• Acceded to the titles of Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky and Baron of Bandon Bridge on 2 September 1642 on the death of his brother Lewis Boyle
• Principal command at the Battle of Liscarrol on 3 September 1642
• Acceded to the titles of 2nd Earl of Cork 15 September 1643 on the death of his father
• Created 1st Baron Clifford of Lanesborough in the county of York on 4 November 1644 by King Charles I of England
• Constituted Lord high treasurer of the kingdom of Ireland on 16 November 1660
• Created 1st Earl of Burlington on 20 March 1664 by King Charles II of England
• Appointed Custodes Rotulorum in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 2 Feb 1679
• Attainted by the Irish parliament assembled by King James II of England in 1689

Died: 13 Jan 1697-8 (succeeded by his grandson Charles Boyle)

Buried: 3 Feb 1697-8 in Londesborough, Yorkshire, England