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| | Roger Boyle |
 | | Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman and dramatist, 3rd surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, was born on the 25th of April 1621, created baron of Broghill on the 28th of February 1627, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and, according to Wood, also at Oxford. |
 | | On Cromwell's death he gave his support to Richard Cromwell; but as he saw no possibility of maintaining the government he left for Ireland, where by resuming his command in Munster he secured the island for Charles and anticipated Monk's overtures by inviting him to land at Cork. |
 | | He married Lady Margaret Howard, 3rd daughter of Theophilus, and earl of Suffolk, whose charms were celebrated by Sir John 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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