Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork

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Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and 7th Earl of Orrery (21 November 174230 May 1798) was an Irish peer.

A younger son of the 5th Earl of Cork and Margaret Hamilton, he succeeded to his half-brother's titles in 1764. He died, aged 56 in Marston House and was buried in St John's Church in Frome in Somerset.

On 31 August 1764 he married firstly Anne Courtenay, daughter of Kelland Courtenay. They had six children, one daughter and five sons including Edmund Boyle. On 17 June 1786, he married secondly Mary Monkton, daughter of the 1st Viscount Galway.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Hamilton Boyle
Earl of Cork
1764–1840
Succeeded by
Edmund Boyle

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