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| | ROGER BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF ORRERY - LoveToKnow Article on ROGER BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF ORRERY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | , 1ST EARL OF (1621-1679), British soldier, statesman and dramatist, 3rd surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, was born on the 25th. |
 | | He sat for Arundel in the Convention and in the parliament of 1661, and at the Restoration was taken into great favor. |
 | | He married Lady Margaret Howard, 3rd daughter of Theophilus, and earl of Suffolk, whose charms were celebrated by Suckling in his poem " The Bride." By her he had besides five daughters, two sons, of whom the eldest, Roger (1646-1681 or 1682), succeeded as 2nd earl of Orrery. |
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