About Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork
Lived 1742 – 1798 (aged 55). Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork was an Irish politician.
Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and 7th Earl of Orrery (21 November 1742 – 30 May 1798) was an Irish peer and Somerset landowner.
Family A younger son of the 5th Earl of Cork and Margaret Hamilton, he succeeded to his half-brother's titles on 17 January 1764. He died, aged 56 in Marston House and was buried in St John's Church in Frome in Somerset.
On 31 August 1764, he married firstly Anne Courtenay (1742–1785), daughter and eventual heir of Kelland Courtenay (1707–1748). They had six children, including:
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Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork was born on 21 November 1742 in Frome.
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Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork died on 30 May 1798 in Bath.
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