Earl of Shannon

{{Infobox nobility title

| name = Earldom of Shannon

| image = 150px
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| alt =

| caption = Parted per bend embattled Gules and Argent, a crescent for difference

| creation_date = 17 April 1756

| creation =

| monarch = George II

| peerage = Peerage of Ireland

| baronetage =

| first_holder = Henry Boyle

| last_holder =

| present_holder = Henry Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon

| heir_apparent =

| heir_presumptive = Robert Francis Boyle

| remainder_to = Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten

| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Boyle of Bandon
Baron of Castle Martyr
Baron Carleton

| status =

| extinction_date =

| family_seat =

| former_seat = Shannon Park
Castle Martyr

| motto = Vivit post funera virtus ("Virtue lives after death")
Spectemur agendo ("Let us be judged by our actions")

| footnotes =

}}

File:Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon.jpg.]]

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.{{cite book |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood |publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor=Mosley, Charles |edition=107 |year=2003 |pages=3579–3580 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}

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.

{{As of|2019}}, 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.

The family seat was Castle Martyr (or Castlemartyr) in Castlemartyr, County Cork,{{cite book |last1=Lodge |first1=Edmund |title=The Peerage of the British Empire |date=1856 |page=495 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uu8NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA495 |access-date=29 June 2017 |language=en}} which was the ancient seat of the FitzGeralds.{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Samuel |title=A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |date=1849 |publisher=S. Lewis and Company |page=294 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA294 |access-date=29 June 2017 |language=en}}

Earls of Shannon (1756)

Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (1682–1764)
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1728–1807)
Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon (1771–1842)
Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (1809–1868)
Henry Bentinck Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon (1833–1890)
Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (1860–1906)
Richard Bernard Boyle, 7th Earl of Shannon (1897–1917)
Robert Henry Boyle, 8th Earl of Shannon (1900–1963)
Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon (1924–2013){{cite news |title=Masons bid farewell to a distinguished leader |url=http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/masons-bid-farewell-distinguished-leader/story-19145440-detail/story.html |access-date=29 June 2017 |work=Croydon Advertiser |date=31 May 2013 |language=en}}{{Dead link |date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
(Richard) Henry John Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon (born 1960), known as Harry Boyle{{cite news |title=Earl of Shannon Portraits at the City Assembly House |url=https://www.igs.ie/events/detail/earl-of-shannon-portraits-at-the-city-assembly-house |access-date=29 June 2017 |publisher=Irish Georgian Society |date=6 June 2014 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215165129/http://www.igs.ie/events/detail/earl-of-shannon-portraits-at-the-city-assembly-house |archive-date=15 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Present peer

(Richard) Henry John Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon (born 19 January 1960), also known as Harry Boyle, 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.Burke's Peerage, vol. 3 (2003), p. 3579.

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.

Title succession chart

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{{chart top|Title succession chart, Barons Castle Martyr, Viscounts Boyle, and Earls of Shannon.}}

{{chart|RB2E|RB2E=Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon
1728–1807}}

{{chart|RB| |RB4E|RB=Richard Boyle
1802 – c. 1803|RB4E=Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon
1809–1868}}

{{chart| | | | |HB5E|HB5E=Henry Boyle
5th Earl of Shannon
1833–1890}}

{{chart| | | | |RB6E| | | | | |HHB| |VAHRB|RB6E=Richard Boyle
6th Earl of Shannon
1860–1906|HHB=Hon.
{{nowrap|Henry Boyle}}
1862–1908|VAHRB=V. Adm. Hon.
{{nowrap|Robert Boyle}}
1863–1922}}

{{chart|HRB| |RB7E| |RB8E| | | | | |CVB|HRB=Hon.
Richard Boyle
1896–1896|RB7E=Richard Boyle
7th Earl of Shannon
1897–1917|RB8E=Robert Boyle
8th Earl of Shannon
1900–1963|CVB=Cdr.
Vivian Boyle
1902–1962}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | |RB9E| | | | | |RB|RB9E=Richard Boyle
9th Earl of Shannon
1924–2013|RB=Robert Boyle
born 1930}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | |RB10E| | | | | |DB|RB10E=Richard Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon
born 1960|DB=David Boyle
born 1959}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |LB|LB=Liam Boyle
born 2001}}

Line of succession

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15px Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon (1833–1890)
15px Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (1860–1906)
15px Robert Boyle, 8th Earl of Shannon (1900–1963)
15px Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon (1924–2013)
15px Richard Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon (born 1960)
Hon. Robert Francis Boyle (1863–1922)
Vivien Francis Boyle (1902–1962)
(1) Robert Francis Boyle (born 1930)
(2) David de Crespigny Boyle (born 1959)
(3) Liam Francis Paton Boyle (born 2001)
(4) Robert Andrew Boyle (born 1961)
Hon. Edward Spencer Harry Boyle (1870–1937)
Patrick Spencer Boyle (1906–1978)
Michael Patrick Radcliffe Boyle (1934–2011)
(5) Robert Algernon Radcliffe Boyle (born 1963)
(6) George Patrick Radcliffe Boyle (born 1998)
(7) Rupert Alexander Boyle (born 1968)
David Spencer Boyle (1942–2023)
(8) James Patrick William Boyle (born 1983)

Susan Morris et al., "Shannon, Earl of" in Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 150th edition, vol. 1 (Debrett's Ltd., 2019), pp. 4338–4341 {{ISBN|978-1-999767-0-5-1}}.

References

External links

{{Hansard-contribs | mr-richard-boyle-1 | Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon }}

Category:Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland

Earl

Category:Noble titles created in 1756