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John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork
b.13 Jan 1707
d.16 Nov 1762
  1. John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork1707 - 1762
  1. Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork1729 - 1764
  2. Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork1742 - 1798
  3. Lady Lucy Boyle1744 - 1792
  1. Elizabeth Boyle1731 - 1800
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Name John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 Jan 1707
Marriage to Margaret Hamilton
Marriage to Lady Henrietta Douglas
Death[1] 16 Nov 1762
Reference Number? Q1032335?


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John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery, FRS (13 January 1707 – 16 November 1762) was a writer and a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson.

The only son of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Cecil (1687–1708), daughter of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter. He was born at Westminster and attended Christ Church, Oxford. He published a translation of the letters of Pliny the Younger in 1751, and Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift in the same year, and the Memoirs of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth. His Letters from Italy was published in 1773.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.