David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow
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The son of John Boyle of Kelburn
Kelburn Castle
Kelburn Castle is a large house near Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. Originally built in the thirteenth century it was remodelled in the sixteenth century. In 1700 the first Earl made further extensions to the house in a manner not unlike a French château...
, Commissioner, and Marion Steuart, he was the Commissioner
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(MP) to the Parliament of Scotland
Parliament of Scotland
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from the Bute constituency from 1689–1699. He was raised to the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
as Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs
Largs
Largs is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" in Scottish Gaelic....
and Dalry on 31 January 1699, and advanced to the titles of Viscount of Kelburn and Earl of Glasgow
Earl of Glasgow
Earl of Glasgow is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for David Boyle, Lord Boyle, one of the commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
on 12 April 1703. After the Union
Acts of Union 1707
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, he sat as a Scottish representative peer
Representative peer
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from 1707 to 1710.
He was Rector of Glasgow University
Rector of Glasgow University
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from 1690–1691 and was appointed Lord High Commissioner
Lord High Commissioner
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to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the sovereign and highest court of the Church of Scotland, and is thus the Church's governing body[1] An Introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland, A Gordon McGillivray, 2nd Edition .-Church courts:As a Presbyterian church,...
in 1706 and in 1707 to 1710. He was also Lord Clerk Register
Lord Clerk Register
The office of Lord Clerk Register is the oldest surviving Great Officer of State in Scotland, with origins in the 13th century.The Clerk-Register was from ancient times the principal Clerk in the kingdom, from whom all other clerks, whatever their government positions, and who were essentially his...
prior to 1714.