Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington

For her mother-in-law, see Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax.

The Right Honourable
The Countess of Burlington
Michael Dahl, Lady Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork, oil painting, 1720, Hardwick Hall, National Trust.[a]
Born
Dorothy Savile

(1699-09-13)13 September 1699
Died21 September 1758(1758-09-21) (aged 59)
Chiswick House
NationalityEnglish
Education
Known forCaricatures and portraits
Spouse
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(m. 1721; died 1753)​
Children
Parents

Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork (née Savile; 13 September 1699 – 21 September 1758)[2]: 116  was a British noble and court official, as well as a caricaturist and portrait painter. Several of her studies and paintings were made of her daughters. Through her daughter Charlotte, who married the 4th Duke of Devonshire. A collection of 24 of her works of art descended to the Duke of Devonshire and kept at Chatsworth House.

Boyle had a great interest in the arts and was a patron of David Garrick and George Frideric Handel. She was one of Queen Caroline's Ladies of the Bedchamber. Savile Row, developed at the edge of the Boyle's Burlington House estate, was named after her (based on her surname, Savile).

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