Earl of Shannon explained

Earldom of Shannon
Creation Date:17 April 1756
Heir Presumptive:Robert Francis Boyle
Remainder To:Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten
Motto:Vivit post funera virtus ("Virtue lives after death")
Spectemur agendo ("Let us be judged by our actions")

Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. The earldom is named after Shannon Park in County Cork.[1]

The first Earl was made Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Baron Castle Martyr at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Shannon was the second son of Henry Boyle, second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He served as Master-General of the Ordnance for Ireland and as Vice-Treasurer for Ireland. In 1786 he was created Baron Carleton, of Carleton in the County of York, in the Peerage of Great Britain. This title gave him and the later Earls an automatic seat in the British House of Lords. The third Earl, son of the second, notably served as Lord Lieutenant of County Cork. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl, who briefly represented County Cork in the House of Commons.[1]

, the titles are held by the fourth Earl's great-great-great-grandson, the tenth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2013.

The Honourable Sir Algernon Boyle, sixth son of the fifth Earl, was an admiral in the Royal Navy.[1]

The family seat was Castle Martyr (or Castlemartyr) in Castlemartyr, County Cork,[2] which was the ancient seat of the FitzGeralds.[3]

Earls of Shannon (1756)

Present peer

(Richard) Henry John Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon (born 19 January 1960), also known as Harry Boyle,[5] is the son of the 9th Earl and his wife Susan Margaret Rogers Hogg. Between 1963 and 2013 he was known formally as Viscount Boyle.

In 2003, he was living at Edington House, Bridgwater, Somerset. On 9 May 2013 he succeeded as Earl of Shannon, Viscount Boyle, Baron Castle Martyr, and Baron Carleton.[6]

As of 2023, Shannon is unmarried, and the heir presumptive is his second cousin once removed, Robert Francis Boyle (born 1930), a grandson of a younger son of the 5th Earl.

Line of succession

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood . Burke's Peerage & Gentry . Mosley, Charles . 107 . 2003 . 3579–3580 . Burke . 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. Book: Lodge . Edmund . The Peerage of the British Empire . 1856 . 495 . 29 June 2017 . en.
  3. Book: Lewis . Samuel . A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland . 1849 . S. Lewis and Company . 294 . 29 June 2017 . en.
  4. News: Masons bid farewell to a distinguished leader . 29 June 2017 . Croydon Advertiser . 31 May 2013 . en.
  5. News: Earl of Shannon Portraits at the City Assembly House . 29 June 2017 . Irish Georgian Society . 6 June 2014 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215165129/http://www.igs.ie/events/detail/earl-of-shannon-portraits-at-the-city-assembly-house . 15 February 2015 . dead.
  6. Burke's Peerage, vol. 3 (2003), p. 3579.
  7. Susan Morris et al., "Shannon, Earl of" in Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 150th edition, vol. 1 (Debrett's Ltd., 2019), pp. 4338–4341 .

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