Boyle baronets

{{short description|Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}

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| caption = Escutcheon of the Boyle baronets of Ockham

| creation_date = 1904{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |date=2000 |publisher=Debrett's Peerage |location=London |isbn=033354577X |page=B140}}

| status = extant{{cite web |title=Official Roll |url=https://www.baronetage.org/official-roll/ |website=The Standing Council of the Baronetage |access-date=27 April 2023 |language=en}}

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| motto = God's providence is my inheritance

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The Boyle Baronetcy, of Ockham in the Parish of Salehurst in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 December 1904 for Edward Boyle, a barrister, businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament for Taunton.{{London Gazette |issue=27744 |date=16 December 1904 |page=8634}} His grandson, the third Baronet, was also a Conservative Member of Parliament and ultimately cabinet minister serving as Minister of Education from 1962 to 1964. He was made a life peer as Baron Boyle of Handsworth, of Salehurst in the County of Sussex, in 1970 and became vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds in the same year.[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/calendar/former.htm University of Leeds, List of former Vice-Chancellors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401044612/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/calendar/former.htm |date=1 April 2012 }} The life peerage became extinct on his death in 1981 and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. As of {{currentyear}} the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded in 1983.

Boyle baronets, of Ockham (1904)

  • Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet (1848–1909){{Who's Who|title=Boyle, Sir Edward|id=U183985|access-date=27 April 2023}}
  • Sir Edward Boyle, 2nd Baronet (1878–1945){{Who's Who|title=Boyle, Sir Edward|id=U222922|access-date=27 April 2023}}
  • Sir Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, 3rd Baronet (1923–1981){{cite ODNB|id=30844|first=John|last=Ramsden|title=Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981)}}
  • Sir Richard Gurney Boyle, 4th Baronet (1930–1983){{Who's Who|title=Boyle, Sir Richard (Gurney)|id=U162255|access-date=27 April 2023}}
  • Sir Stephen Gurney Boyle, 5th Baronet (born 1962){{Who's Who|title=Boyle, Sir Stephen Gurney|id=U8405|access-date=27 April 2023}}

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Michael Desmond Boyle (born 1963).

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