The Earl of Cork | |
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 "Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds". The Earl of Cork as caricatured by Adriano Cecioni in Vanity Fair, January 1872. | |
| 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 (aged 75) Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London |
| 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.