Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton

The Right Honourable
The Lord Carleton
PC
Lord President of the Council
In office
25 June 1721  27 March 1725
Monarch George I
Preceded by Viscount Townshend
Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire
Personal details
Born 12 July 1669
Died 31 March 1725(1725-03-31) (aged 55)
Education Westminster School
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge

Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton PC (12 July 1669 31 March 1725), was an Anglo-Irish politician of the early eighteenth century.

Biography

The son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, Boyle was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] and entered the army under the auspices of his uncle, the Tory politician Lord Rochester. However, Boyle himself became a Whig, and in 1688 deserted the army of James II in favour of the Prince of Orange.

Arms of Baron Carleton.

In 1689, he was elected to the Parliament of England for Tamworth, but was defeated the next year. He spent the next two years in Ireland managing the family estates and represented Cork County in the Irish House of Commons in 1692. In the same year, he returned also to parliament for Cambridge University, and became a prominent spokesman of the "country" opposition, but in 1697 he switched to the court party. Here he advanced quickly, becoming a Lord of the Treasury in 1699 and Chancellor of the Exchequer of England in 1701.

He picked up other offices as he went along, becoming Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lord Treasurer of Ireland in 1704, and was elected member for Westminster in 1705. With the departure of Harley and his followers from the government, Boyle became Secretary of State for the Northern Department and Lord Treasurer Godolphin's principal lieutenant in the Commons. His and Godolphin's dominance in the ministry was increasingly overshadowed by the power of the Junto of Whig aristocrats, however, and in 1710 he retired from office and withdrew from politics with the arrival of Harley's new Tory ministry.

Baron Carleton

With the Hanoverian succession in 1714, Boyle was raised to the peerage as Baron Carleton, and became Lord President in 1721, an office in which he continued until his death in 1725.

Carlton Way, a road in north Cambridge that follows the path of the Roman Akeman Street, and the public house The Carlton Arms on the same road, are named after him.[2]

References

  1. "Boyle, the Hon. Henry (BL692-)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Gray, Ronald D; Stubbings, Derek (2000). Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 2–3.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Unknown
Member of Parliament for Cork County
with St John Brodrick

1692–1695
Succeeded by
Sir St John Brodrick
Thomas Brodrick
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Robert Sawyer
Edward Finch
Member of Parliament for Cambridge University
with Edward Finch 16921695
George Oxenden 16951689
Anthony Hammond 16981701
Isaac Newton 17011702
Arthur Annesley 17021705

16921705
Succeeded by
Arthur Annesley
Dixie Windsor
Preceded by
Sir Walter Clarges, Bt
Sir Thomas Crosse
Member of Parliament for Westminster
with Sir Henry Dutton Colt, Bt

1705 1707
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Westminster
with Sir Henry Dutton Colt, Bt 17071708
Thomas Medlycott 17081710

1707 1710
Succeeded by
Thomas Medlycott
Sir Thomas Crosse
Political offices
Preceded by
The 2nd Earl of Burlington
Lord Treasurer of Ireland
17041715
Succeeded by
The 3rd Earl of Burlington
Preceded by
John Smith
Chancellor of the Exchequer
17011708
Succeeded by
John Smith
Preceded by
Robert Harley
Northern Secretary
17081710
Succeeded by
Henry St John
Preceded by
The Viscount Townshend
Lord President of the Council
17211725
Succeeded by
The Duke of Devonshire
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The 2nd Earl of Burlington
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
17041715
Succeeded by
The 3rd Earl of Burlington
Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire
17041715
Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire
17041715
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation Baron Carleton
17141725
Extinct
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