Viscount Boyle

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Viscount Boyle is a noble title historically associated with the prominent Anglo-Irish Boyle family, influential in British and Irish aristocratic and political life.

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Surface form Occurrences
Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf noble title
aristocraticNetwork intermarriage with other noble families
aristocraticSphere British aristocracy
Irish aristocracy
associatedWith Boyle family NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
ethnicContext Anglo-Irish
familyAssociation Boyle family NERFINISHED
familyPoliticalRole local governance influence
representation in Parliament
familyPowerBase influence at the English court
landed estates in Ireland
familyReligion Protestant Anglo-Irish elite
genderRestriction typically male primogeniture
governedBy customs of British aristocracy
laws of the Irish peerage
historicalContext early modern British and Irish history
historicalRegion Great Britain NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance associated with prominent landowning family
influential in Anglo-Irish political life
languageOfTitle English
linkedNobleHouse House of Boyle NERFINISHED
nobilityStatus hereditary title
notableFamilyMember Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork NERFINISHED
politicalInfluence British politics
Irish politics
politicalRole support of English/British rule in Ireland
relatedConcept British peerage
Irish peerage
relatedFamilyTitle Earl of Burlington NERFINISHED
Earl of Cork NERFINISHED
Earl of Orrery NERFINISHED
Earl of Shannon NERFINISHED
socialClass peerage
socialFunction marker of aristocratic rank
socialHierarchyRank rank below earl and above baron
socialRole elite landowning leadership
status historical title
symbolizes Anglo-Irish ascendancy NERFINISHED
titleHolderFamilyOrigin Anglo-Irish gentry
titleInheritance passed within Boyle family
titleType viscountcy
usedIn British nobility system
Irish nobility system

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Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington father Viscount Boyle
this entity surface form: Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan
Boyle family hasTitle Viscount Boyle