Biography of Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 1668-1704

On 7th May 1661 [his father] Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 21] and [his mother] Jane Seymour [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset and [his grandmother] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 61]. He the son of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 48] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 47]. They were half sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In or before 1668 Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington was born to [his father] Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 28] and [his mother] Jane Seymour [aged 30].

In 1679 [his father] Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 39] and [his step-mother] Arethusa Berkeley Baroness Clifford [aged 15] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 51] and Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley. He the son of [his grandfather] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 66] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 65]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 23rd November 1679 [his mother] Jane Seymour [aged 42] died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 29th October 1682. Being my birthday, and I now entering my great climacterical of 63, after serious recollections of the years past, giving Almighty God thanks for all his merciful preservations and forbearance, begging pardon for my sins and unworthiness, and his blessing on me the year entering, I went with my Lady Fox to survey her building, and give some directions for the garden at Chiswick; the architect is Mr. May [aged 61], somewhat heavy and thick, and not so well understood: the garden much too narrow, the place without water, near a highway, and near another great house of my Lord Burlington [aged 14], little land about it, so that I wonder at the expense; but women will have their will.

Around 1683 Godfrey Kneller [aged 36]. Portrait of Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 15].

On 26th January 1688 Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 20] and Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Burlington. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1690 [his daughter] Elizabeth Boyle was born to Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 22] and [his wife] Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 18]. She married 28th August 1719 her fifth cousin once removed Henry Arundell Bedingfeld 3rd Baronet, son of Henry Bedingfield 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Arundell, and had issue.

On 6th January 1691 [his grandmother] Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 77] died. Her son [his father] Charles [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Baron Clifford.

On 25th April 1694 [his son] Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington was born to Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 26] and [his wife] Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 22]. He married 21st March 1720 his fourth cousin once removed Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington, daughter of William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax and Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe, and had issue.

On 12th October 1694 [his father] Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 54] died. His son Charles [aged 26] succeeded 4th Baron Clifford.

Before 1696 [his brother-in-law] James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry [aged 33] and [his sister] Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Duchess Queensberry. He the son of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry.

Around 1697 [his daughter] Juliana Boyle was born to Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 29] and [his wife] Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 25]. She married July 1717 her second cousin Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury, son of Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury and Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury.

On 15th January 1698 [his grandfather] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 85] died. His grandson Charles [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Burlington, 3rd Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky.

In 1699 [his daughter] Jane Boyle was born to Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 31] and [his wife] Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 27].

In 1699 [his brother-in-law] Henry Petty 1st Earl Shelburne [aged 23] and [his sister] Arabella Boyle Countess Shelburne [aged 28] were married. He the son of William Petty and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne [aged 63].

In 1699 [his brother-in-law] Henry Petty 1st Earl Shelburne [aged 23] was created 1st Baron Shelburne. [his sister] Arabella Boyle Countess Shelburne [aged 28] by marriage Baroness Shelburne.

In 1701 [his daughter] Henrietta Boyle was born to Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 33] and [his wife] Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 29]. She married 1726 her second cousin once removed Henry Boyle 1st Earl Shannon and had issue.

Before 1703 [his brother-in-law] James Barry 4th Earl Barrymore [aged 35] and [his sister] Elizabeth Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Countess Barrymore. He the son of Richard Barry 2nd Earl Barrymore. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1703 [his sister] Elizabeth Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 41] died.

On 9th February 1704 Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington [aged 36] died. His son Richard [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Earl Burlington, 4th Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky, 5th Baron Clifford.

Before 1726. Michael Dahl [aged 66]. Portrait of Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington, Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 70] and John Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley.

In 1750 [his former wife] Juliana Noel Countess Burlington [aged 78] died.