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Revision as of 21:40, 23 October 2002 by Renata (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Earls of Cork are an aristocratic family in Ireland and Britain.
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1566-1643), known as the "Great Earl", was born in Canterbury and educated at Cambridge. He married an Irish heiress and bought large estates in Ireland. One of his sons was Robert Boyle, a physicist and chemist. Another was Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, a statesman and a writer.
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork...
Richard Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and of Orrery (1707-1762), was a writer and a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson.
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