The Earl of Cork | |
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Master of the Horse | |
In office 10 February 1886 – 20 July 1886 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | The Earl of Bradford |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Portland |
In office 19 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Rosebery |
Preceded by | The Viscount Oxenbridge |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Portland |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 April 1829 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 22 June 1904 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London | (aged 75)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Lady Emily de Burgh (1828–1912) |
Children | 7, including: Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork Robert Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork |
Relatives | Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork (grandfather) |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and 9th Earl of Orrery KP, PC (19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904), styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning between 1866 and 1895, he served three times as Master of the Buckhounds and twice as Master of the Horse.