Origins

Boyle was the eldest son and heir of David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow

David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow

David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow was a Scottish politician.The son of John Boyle of Kelburn, Commissioner, and Marion Steuart, he was the Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland from the Bute constituency from 1689–1699...

 by Margaret, daughter of the Hon. Patrick Lindsay (second son of John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford). The Boyles were an ancient family, whose estates centred around 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...

 in North Ayrshire

Ayrshire

Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...

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Career

Boyle was born in April 1688 and succeeded to the peerage on 31 October 1733. By disposition dated 31 March 1721 he acquired the lands of Ballikewin in the island of Cumbrae

Great Cumbrae

Great Cumbrae is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland...

 from his kinsman, James Boyle.

He died at Kelburn on 22 May 1740 and was buried at 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....

 Church on 29 May 1740.

Family

Boyle married (contract 11 February 1707) Helenor, third daughter of William Morrison of Prestongrange

Prestongrange

Prestongrange is a place in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, situated between Musselburgh to the west, and Prestonpans in the east.The placename derives from "Preston", meaning "priest's town", and a grange which was worked by the Cistercian monks of Newbattle Abbey.In the 16th century the Morison...

, county Haddington

East Lothian

East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....

. She died at Edinburgh on 7 July 1767. Their children included:

• David Boyle (died 15 April 1710)
• William Boyle (15 September 1713-4 June 1715)
• John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow
  John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow
  John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow was a Scottish nobleman.-Origins:Boyle was the third but eldest surviving son and heir of John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow by Helenor, third daughter of William Morrison of Prestongrange, county Haddington...
  
  
• Charles Boyle (born 17 November 1715), who died young
• Patrick Boyle of Shewalton (7 January 1717-26 February 1798), who married first Agnes Mure (daughter of William Mure of Caldwell) and secondly Elizabeth Dunlop (daughter of Alexander Dunlop, Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow)
• David Boyle (born 20 December 1717), who died young
• Janet Boyle (17 January 1711-March 1770)
• Margaret Boyle (27 July 1712-March 1772)
• Jean Boyle (died 12 May 1756)
• Helen Boyle (died 17 October 1794), who married Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet
  Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet
  Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland.-Naval career:Douglas became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1744 In 1745 commanded the HMS Mermaid at Louisbourg and in 1746 he commanded the HMS Vigilante at Louisbourg. In 1746 was appointed Commodore of...
  
  
• Marion Boyle (died 12 May 1757)
• Catharine Boyle, who married (10 December 1770) Dr James MacNeill of Neilhall