Earl of Shannon
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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 th
Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon.
Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, PC, was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the speaker of the Irish House of Commons from 1733 to 1756. A prominent parliamentarian who sat for almost fifty year
Earl of Shannon
…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…
A portrait of Boyle's son Richard by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1759