David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Earl of Glasgow
Order1:12th
Office1:Governor of New Zealand
Term Start1:6 June 1892
Term End1:8 February 1897
Monarch1:Victoria
Premier1:John Ballance
Richard Seddon
Predecessor1:The Earl of Onslow
Successor1:The Earl of Ranfurly
Office2:Member of the House of Lords
Status2:Lord Temporal
Termlabel2:Hereditary peerage
Term Start2:23 July 1897
Term End2:13 December 1915
Predecessor2:Peerage created
Successor2:The 8th Earl of Glasgow
Birth Date:31 May 1833
Nationality:British
Relatives:David Boyle, Lord Boyle (grandfather)
Sir James Fergusson (cousin)
Children:8, including Patrick

David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, (31 May 1833 – 13 December 1915), was a British naval commander and colonial governor. He served as Governor of New Zealand between 1892 and 1897.

Background

Boyle was the son of Patrick Boyle (eldest son of David Boyle, Lord Boyle, by his first wife, Elizabeth Montgomerie). His mother was Mary Frances Elphinstone-Dalrymple, daughter of Sir Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 1st Baronet. He succeeded in the earldom in 1890.

Royal Navy

Boyle served with the Royal Navy during the Crimean and Second Opium Wars. He was commander of when the ship wrecked in 1874.[1] He retired with the rank of captain.

Governor of New Zealand

Boyle was the Governor of New Zealand from 1892 to 1897. He was the cousin of another Governor, Sir James Fergusson. The Wellington suburb of Kelburn in New Zealand is named after Viscount Kelburn, the son of Boyle.[2]

Upon his return to the UK, Lord Glasgow was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1897 as Baron Fairlie, of Fairlie in the County of Ayr, to enable him to sit in the House of Lords (the Earldom of Glasgow and all its subsidiary titles being in the Peerage of Scotland).

Later life

Lord Glasgow took an active interest in the city of Glasgow.

He received the honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Glasgow when they celebrated the 450th jubilee in June 1901.[3]

Family

Lord Glasgow married Dorothea Elizabeth Thomasina Hunter-Blair (eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, 4th Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of George Wauchope), on 23 July 1873. They had five sons and three daughters:

Lord Glasgow died in December 1915, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Patrick. The Countess of Glasgow died in January 1923.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earl of Glasgow, GCMG . The Governor-General. 12 November 2010.
  2. Web site: Western suburbs. Te Ara. 12 November 2010 .
  3. News: Glasgow University jubilee . 14 June 1901 . 10 . . London . 36481 . 2024-01-05 . Newspapers.com.
  4. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/BoyleJ.htm RAF Web, biography of Hon John Boyle