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[[General]] '''Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery''' [[Order of St Patrick|KP]] (21 October 1767 – 29 June 1856), styled '''Viscount Dungarvan''' from 1768 to 1798, was an Irish soldier and peer. He became [[Earl of Cork and Orrery]] in 1798 on the death of [[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork]] and was appointed a Knight of the [[Order of St Patrick]] on 22 July 1835.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm|title=Knights of the Order of St Patrick|last=Rayment|first=Leigh|accessdate=13 December 2008}}</ref>
[[General]] '''Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery''' [[Order of St Patrick|KP]] (21 October 1767 – 29 June 1856), styled '''Viscount Dungarvan''' from 1768 to 1798, was an Irish soldier and peer. He became [[Earl of Cork and Orrery]] in 1798 on the death of [[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork]] and was appointed a Knight of the [[Order of St Patrick]] on 22 July 1835.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm|title=Knights of the Order of St Patrick|last=Rayment|first=Leigh|accessdate=13 December 2008}}</ref>

He married (1795) his first cousin Isabella-Henrietta, daughter of William Poyntz of Midgham. Meanwhile, his younger brother, Vice-Admiral Sir Courtney Boyle (1770-1844), KGH, married (1799) her sister, Carolina-Amelia (d.1851).
He married (1795) his first cousin Isabella-Henrietta, daughter of William Poyntz of Midgham (1734-1809) by Isabella (d.1805), daughter and eventual heiress of ''Kelland Courtney'' of Painsford, [[Ashprington]], Devon, and Trethurfe, Cornwall, distant scion of family of [[John Courtenay (of Tremere)]] (Tremeer)). Meanwhile, Lord Cork's younger brother, [[Courtenay Boyle|Vice-Admiral Sir Courtenay Boyle]] (1770-1844), [[Royal Guelphic Order|KCH]], married (1799) her sister, Carolina-Amelia (d.1851). Isabella-Henrietta and Carolina-Amelia's brother was [[William Stephen Poyntz]].


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Revision as of 02:33, 1 January 2014

General Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP (21 October 1767 – 29 June 1856), styled Viscount Dungarvan from 1768 to 1798, was an Irish soldier and peer. He became Earl of Cork and Orrery in 1798 on the death of Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 22 July 1835.[1]

He married (1795) his first cousin Isabella-Henrietta, daughter of William Poyntz of Midgham (1734-1809) by Isabella (d.1805), daughter and eventual heiress of Kelland Courtney of Painsford, Ashprington, Devon, and Trethurfe, Cornwall, distant scion of family of John Courtenay (of Tremere) (Tremeer)). Meanwhile, Lord Cork's younger brother, Vice-Admiral Sir Courtenay Boyle (1770-1844), KCH, married (1799) her sister, Carolina-Amelia (d.1851). Isabella-Henrietta and Carolina-Amelia's brother was William Stephen Poyntz.

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Retrieved 13 December 2008.
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