Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BOYLE, DAVID (_2 son of Patrick Boyle of Shewalton, Ayrshire who d. 26 Feb. 1798._) _b._ Irvine, Ayrshire 26 July 1772; ed. at Univ. of Edin; member of Faculty of Advocates 14 Dec. 1793; solicitor general for Scotland 9 May 1807; M.P. for Ayrshire 5 June 1807 to Feb. 1811; a lord of Session and Justiciary 23 Feb. 1811; lord justice clerk 15 Oct. 1811; P.C. 11 April 1820; lord justice general of Scotland and lord president of Court of Session 9 Oct. 1841 to May 1852; distinguished for his personal appearance, there are full-length portraits of him by Sir J. W. Gordon at Faculty of Advocates and at Society of Writers to the Signet Edinburgh. _d._ Shewalton 30 Jany. or 6 Feb. 1853. _I.L.N. xxii_, 76, 134 (1853), _portrait_. BOYLE, JOHN (_2 son of Edmund Boyle 8 Earl of Cork 1767–1856_). _b._ Wimpole st. London 13 March 1803; ed. at Winchester and Ch. Ch. Ox, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; M.P. for co. Cork 4 Dec. 1827 to 24 July 1830, and for Cork city 11 Aug. 1830 to 3 Dec. 1832. _d._ Rock Wood, Torquay 6 Dec. 1874. BOYLE, ROBERT (_son of Mr. Boyle of Hamilton Lanarkshire, surgeon_). _b._ Hamilton 1821; started a bakery for manufacture of pure bread at Glasgow; lectured for missionary purposes in Scotland; invented a new description of detonating powder 1866 which was reported upon favourably by principal military authorities; invented an ink which is perfectly inerasable; invented the Self-Acting Air-pump ventilator which was awarded highest and only prize given to roof ventilators by judges at International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition 1881. _d._ 2 Sep. 1878. _Robert Boyle inventor and philanthropist a biographical sketch by L. Saunders_ 1885, _portrait_. BOYLE, ROBERT EDWARD (_brother of John Boyle 1803–74_). _b._ London March 1809; ensign 68 Foot 14 Nov. 1826; captain Coldstream guards 10 Dec. 1847 to death; secretary to Order of St. Patrick 1837–53; groom in waiting to the Queen 1846–52 and 1853 to death; secretary to master general of the Ordnance Dec. 1853 to death; M.P. for Frome 30 July 1847 to death. _d._ Varna 3 Sep. 1854. BOYLE, ROBERT FREDERICK. _b._ 13 June 1841; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1864, M.A. 1866; fellow of All Souls’ coll.; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1866; inspector of schools 16 May 1871. _d._ Florence 15 May 1883. BOYLE, WILLIAM. _b._ 25 Jany. 1821; ensign 15 Foot 6 Dec. 1838; lieut. col. 89 Foot 13 Oct. 1858 to death; C.B. 20 May 1871. _d._ 10 Craven hill gardens, London 14 Feb. 1874. BOYLE, WILLIAM GEORGE. _b._ Dublin 12 Aug. 1830; 2 lieut. 21 Foot 9 Feb. 1849; captain Coldstream guards 24 Nov. 1863 to 1867; lieut. col. 2 Somerset militia 23 March 1868 to 12 Sep. 1870; M.P. for Frome 23 July 1856 to 21 March 1857; F.C.S., F.G.S. _d._ San Francisco 22 April 1880. BOYLE, WILLIAM ROBERT AUGUSTUS. Barrister L.I. 24 Nov. 1835; author of _A practical treatise on the law of charities_ 1837; _Inspiration of book of Daniel_ 1863; _The tribute of Assyria to biblical history_ 1868; _Literature under the shade of Great Britain_ 1870, _2 ed._ 1870. _d._ 7 Church st. Kensington 20 May 1875. BOYNE, GUSTAVUS HAMILTON, 6 Viscount. _b._ 12 April 1777; succeeded 29 Feb. 1816. _d._ 22 Belgrave sq. London 30 March 1855. BOYNE, GUSTAVUS HAMILTON-RUSSELL, 7 Viscount (_son of the preceding_). _b._ Downton hall near Ludlow 11 May 1797; assumed name of Russell by r.l. 1850; created Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth, co. palatine of Durham 31 Aug. 1866. _d._ Brancepeth castle, co. Durham 29 Oct. 1872. BOYNTON, SIR HENRY, 9 Baronet. _b._ St. James’s st. Westminster 22 March 1778; succeeded 17 Nov. 1832. _d._ Burton Agnes, Yorkshire 29 Aug. 1854. BOYNTON, SIR HENRY, 10 Baronet. _b._ Nafferton hall, Yorkshire 2 March 1811; succeeded 29 Aug. 1854. _d._ Burton Agnes 25 June 1869. BOYS, EDWARD (_son of John Boys of Betteshanger, Kent, agriculturist 1749–1824_). _b._ 1785; entered navy 1796; a prisoner in France 1803–9; superintendent of Deal dockyard 16 Sep. 1837 to 1841; retired captain 1 July 1851; author of _Narrative of a captivity and adventures in France and Flanders_ 1827, which is the source from which Captain Marryat in his novel _Peter Simple_ drew much of the account of his hero’s escape; _Remarks on the practicability and advantages of a Sandwich or Downs harbour_