Earl of Cork
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Earl of Cork is a title in the Peerage of Ireland, held in conjunction with the Earldom of Orrery since 1753. It was created in 1620 for Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle. He had already been created Lor
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork.
Admiral of the Fleet William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and 12th Earl of Orrery, was a British Royal Navy officer and peer. He served as a junior officer on the China Station during the Box
Earl of Cork
…but died childless in 1925. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the eleventh Earl. He also died childless and was succeeded by his second cousin, William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery. He was the grandson of the Hon. John Boyle, third son of the eighth Earl. Lord Cork was an Admiral of the Fleet and notably commanded the combined…
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cork
The light cruiser HMS Fox which Boyle commanded in the Red Sea during the First World War
The cruiser HMS Aurora which Cork used as his flagship for operations off Norway during the Second World War