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 | | Though he usually acted as the Irish government's chief agent in conducting the business of the House of Commons, he was the spearhead of the opposition to the government in the mid-1750s, and won popularity by his resistance to the government's proposal in 1753 to appropriate a surplus in the Irish Treasury. |
 | | Estate and financial letters, 1710-1762, relating chiefly to the Shannon estates in Co. Cork, and the Burlington estates in counties Cork and Waterford, of which Henry Boyle was entrusted with the management by the 3rd Earl of Burlington, his brother-in-law. |
 | | The correspondents include the Earl of Northumberland, Lord Lieutenant; the Marquess of Buckingham, Lord Lieutenant; Lords Clare, Frankfort, Hardwicke, Inchiquin, Mountmorres, Strangford and Townshend; Lord Amelius Beauclerk; George Chinnery, Bishop of Killaloe; Thomas Orde, Chief Secretary; and members of the Irish and subsequently of the United Kingdom Parliament. |
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