Back ريتشارد بويل (مهندس) ARZ Richard Boyle, conde de Cork Spanish Richard Boyle (1er comte de Cork) French Richard Boyle, 1ú Iarla Chorcaí Irish Richard Boyle, I conte di Cork Italian リチャード・ボイル (初代コーク伯爵) Japanese Бойль, Ричард, 1-й граф Корк Russian Richard Boyle, 1:e earl av Cork Swedish
The Earl of Cork | |
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| 1st Earl of Cork | |
 The 1st Earl of Cork | |
| Tenure | 1629–1643 |
| Other titles | Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland |
| Known for | Plantations of Ireland |
| Born | 13 October 1566 Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Died | 15 September 1643 (aged 76) |
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland.
Lord Cork was an important figure in the continuing English colonisation of Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries, as he acquired large tracts of land in plantations in Munster in southern Ireland. Moreover, his sons played an important role in fighting against the Irish Catholic rebellion in the 1640s and 1650s, assisting in the victory of the British and Protestant interests in Ireland.
In addition to being the first Earl of Cork, he was the patriarch of the Boyle family through his many prominent descendants, whose titles included Earl of Orrery (1660), Earl of Burlington (1664) and Earl of Shannon (1756).[1]
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 898–899. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.