An Index Members of Parliament within the Boyle Family

Seat	Years	Name	Info
Arundel	1708	Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
Ayrshire, Scotland	1839-3 Jul 1843	James Boyle
Bandon, co Cork, Ireland	1807	Henry Boyle
Bute, Scotland	1681	John Boyle, of Kelburn
Charleville, Ireland	1759-1760	Hamilton Boyle
Clonakilty, co Cork, Ireland	1793-1797	Henry Boyle
co Cork, Ireland	1797-1800	Henry Boyle
co Cork, Ireland	1801-1807	Henry Boyle
Dungarvan, co Waterford, Ireland	1749-1760	Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon, Viscount Boyle of Bandon, Baron Castlemartyr, Baron Carleton of Carleton of the kingdom of Great Britain, Knight of Saint Patrick
Dungarvan, co Waterford, Ireland	1758-1760	Robert Boyle-Walsingham
East Grinstead		Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
Frome, Somerset, England	1854-1856	Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle KP, PC, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery, 6th Baron Boyle of Marston in the county of Somerset
Fowey, Cornwall, Engand	1761-1768	Robert Boyle-Walsingham
Handsworth, Birmingham, England	1950-1969	Sir Edward Charles Gurney Boyle Pro-Chancellor, University of Sussex Conservative, Minister for Education
Hythe		Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England	1758-1761	Robert Boyle-Walsingham
Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England	1768-1780	Robert Boyle-Walsingham
Middleton, co Cork, Ireland	1707-1756	Henry Boyle
Taunton, Somerset, England	>1850 & <1909	Sir Edward Boyle Bart. KC
Warwick, England	1751-1762	Hamilton Boyle
	>1830 & <1908	Lt-Col William George Boyle MP JP
	~1847	George Frederick Boyle
	>1859	William Lewis Boyle MP

Ireland

The Irish Parliament

There was nothing new about parliamentary assemblies in Ireland. The Normans, who began to settle in Ireland in 1169, were the first to give Ireland a centralised administration. The legal system and the courts of law in Ireland are, in large measure, inherited from them. So too is the legislature which is directly descended from the parliament which developed in medieval Ireland.

The earliest known Irish Parliament for which there is a definitive record met on 18 June 1264 at Castledermot in County Kildare, although there is some evidence to suggest that the word "parliament" may have been in use as early as 1234. The pre-Union Irish Parliament continued to function for more than 500 years. The Houses of Parliament (Lords and Commons) later met in the first purpose built Parliament House in the world, on College Green in Dublin, which was constructed between 1729 and 1739.

Parliamentary assemblies took various forms down through the General Assembly of the Confederation of Kilkenny (1642-1649), the "Patriot Parliament" of 1689, and the independent Irish Parliament (1782 - 1800), popularly known as "Grattan's Parliament". These assemblies however all lacked the great principle on which Dáil Éireann was founded in 1919. This was that all legislative, executive and judicial power had its source in, and was derived from, the sovereign people of Ireland.

"Grattan’s Parliament" lasted just 18 years. The Act of Union 1800, which came into operation on 1 January 1801, created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and united the parliaments of the two kingdoms. From then until Independence in 1922, Irish Members of Parliament held seats in the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with its seat at the Palace of Westminster.

County	Constituency	Elected	To	Name	Info
Cork		25 Apr 1661		Hon Richard Boyle
Cork		7 Dec 1665		Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill
Cork		19 Sep 1692		Hon Henry Boyle
Cork		20 Oct 1715		Henry Boyle, Esq of Castlemartyr
Cork		26 Oct 1727		Henry Boyle, Esq of Castlemartyr
Cork		17 May 1756		Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan
Cork		25 Apr 1761		Richard Boyle, Viscount Boyle of Castlemartyr
Cork	Baltimore	1 May 1761		Richard, Lord Boyle of Castlemartyr
Cork	Baltimore	1798		Viscount Boyle
Cork	Bandon	1731	1760	Bellingham Boyle, Esq of Glenfield, Rathfarnham, Dublin
Cork	Castlemartyr	1797		N Boyle, Esq
Cork	Clonakilty	8 Apr 1661		Joshua Boyle, Esq of Castle Lyons
Cork	Clonakilty	1 May 1761		Richard, Lord Boyle of Castlemartyr
Cork	Clonakilty	1793		Viscount Boyle
Cork	Kinsale	21 Oct 1731		Bellingham Boyle, Esq of Glinfield, Rathfarnham, Dublin
Cork	Mallow	21 Oct 1731		Joshua Boyle, Esq of Castle Lyons
Cork	Mallow	27 Oct 1715		Capt William Boyle of Castlemartyr
Cork	Mallow	1797		Hon C H Boyle
Cork	Youghal	1761	1768	Bellingham Boyle, Esq of Glenfield, Rathfarnham, Dublin

The First Seanad (1922)

The Irish Free State Constitution of 1922 provided for the establishment of a second parliamentary chamber – Seanad Éireann (Senate) – consisting of 60 members. The Constitution provided that the Seanad should be composed of citizens who had done honour to the nation by reason of useful public service or who, because of special qualifications or attainments, represented important aspects of the nation’s life. While the Seanad was to be directly elected by the people, as a transitional measure one-half of the first Seanad was nominated by the President of the Executive Council and the other half was elected by the Dáil.

The General Election was held on 7 December 1922, and the Seanad of the Irish Free State met for the first time on 11 December 1922.

The functions and powers of the first Seanad were modelled on those of the British House of Lords. Substantial changes were made to these in subsequent years and the election process was also amended. The first, and last, direct election took place in 1925, as provided for in the constitution. The choice of the electorate was limited to a panel of candidates nominated by the Dáil and Seanad. Following the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Constitution of Seanad Éireann in 1928, the electoral system was changed with the electorate now consisting of the members of the Dáil and the outgoing senators. The Triennial Periods commenced on 6 December 1922, 6 December 1925, and so on. Triennial elections were held in 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931 and 1934.

Following somewhat unsatisfactory relations between the two Houses over a number of years serious conflict developed after the change of government in 1932. Legislation to remove the oath required to be taken by Members of the Oireachtas, as laid down in Article 17 of the 1922 Constitution (commonly referred to as the Oath of Allegiance), was opposed by the Seanad and its enactment postponed for almost a year. The oath was eventually removed from the Constitution by the Constitution (Removal of Oath) Act 1933 on 3 May 1933.

Having rejected later Bills, the Seanad, as it then existed, was abolished on 29 May 1936 under the Constitution (Amendment No. 24) Act 1936. The final sitting was held on 19 May 1936.

Elected	To	Name	Info
6 Dec 1934	29 May 1936	James Joseph Boyle

Constitution of Ireland (1937)

The Irish Free State Constitution remained in force until it was replaced by the Constitution of Ireland, which was passed by the Dáil on 14 June 1937, adopted by the people in a plebiscite on 1 July 1937, and came into operation on 29 December 1937. The name of the State was Éire (Ireland). The National Parliament is called the Oireachtas. The Oireachtas consists of the President and two Houses, ie a House of Representatives called Dáil Éireann and a Senate called Seanad Éireann.

Seat	Elected	Date	Name	Political Party	Info
Cork South Central	29th Dáil	17 May 2002	Dan Boyle	Irish Green Party

Australia

Queensland Parliament

The Queensland Parliament consists of the Queen of Australia (the Sovereign) and the Legislative Assembly. Queensland is the only Australian State to have a unicameral (or single chamber) Parliament. Other States, along with the Federal Parliament, have two chambers of Parliament, commonly referred to as the Upper and Lower Houses. Queensland did have an Upper House - the Legislative Council - until 1922 when it was abolished.

Electorate	Party	Elected	Name	Info
Cairns	Australian Labour Party (ALP)	13 Jun 1998	Desley Carole Boyle