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Robert Boyle FRS [2] (/ b ɔɪ l /; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish [3] natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method.
The first Earl was made Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Baron Castle Martyr at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Shannon was the second son of Henry Boyle, second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork .
The Boyle family are an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family headed by the Earl of Cork. The Earls of Shannon are members of a junior branch of the family. Subcategories
Roger Boyle (1646–1682) 2nd Earl of Orrery: William Cavendish (1640–1707) 1st Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 4th Earl of Devonshire and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick: Charles Boyle (d. 1704) 3rd Earl of Cork and Viscount Dungarvan, 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford: Lionel Boyle (1671–1703) 3rd Earl of Orrery ...
Richard Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon Ireland Robert Boyle (second cousin) 94 The Earl of Arran: 1762 Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran: Ireland William Gore (cousin once removed) 95 The Earl of Courtown: 1762 Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown: Ireland James Stopford, Viscount Stopford: 96 The Earl of Mexborough: 1766 John Savile, 8th Earl of ...
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Lord Burlington was succeeded in the earldom of Cork and the other remaining titles by his third cousin John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, who became the fifth Earl of Cork as well (he was descended from the third son of the first Earl of Cork, and had also inherited the titles of Baron Broghill [Ireland] and Baron Boyle of Marston in the Peerage ...