Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork

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Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and 9th Earl of Orrery (April 19, 1829June 22, 1904) was the son of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarven and a grandson of Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork.

He married Emily de Burgh, daughter of Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, on 20 July 1853. They had seven children:

  • Emily Harriet Catherine Boyle (c. 1855–1931)
  • Grace Elizabeth Boyle (c. 1858–1935), married Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook and had issue.
  • Honora Janet Boyle (c. 1859–1953)
  • Lady Isabel Lettice Theodosia Boyle (d. 1904) James Walker Larnach and had issue.
  • Lady Dorothy Blanche Boyle (c. 1860–1938), married Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long and had issue.
  • Charles Spencer Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork & 10th Earl of Orrery (1861–1925)
  • Robert John Lascelles Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork & 11th Earl of Orrery (1864–1934)

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Honorary Titles
Preceded by:
The Earl of Bessborough
Master of the Buckhounds
1866
Succeeded by:
Lord Colville
Preceded by:
The Earl of Hardwicke
Master of the Buckhounds
1874–1880
Succeeded by:
The Marquess of Waterford
Preceded by:
The Earl of Bradford
Master of the Horse
1886
Succeeded by:
The Duke of Portland
Preceded by:
The Viscount Oxenbridge
Master of the Horse
1894–1895
Succeeded by:
The Duke of Portland
Preceded by:
Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1839–1864
Succeeded by:
Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by:
Edmund Boyle
Earl of Cork Succeeded by:
Charles Boyle