JOHN BOYLE

john boyle, 5th earl of cork and orrery (1707-1762), only son of the 4th earl of orrery, was born on the 2nd of january 1707. he was educated at christ church, oxford, and was led by indifferent health and many untoward accidents to cultivate in retirement his talents for literature and poetry. his translation of the _letters of pliny the younger_, with various notes, for the use of his eldest son, was published in 1751. he also published _remarks on the life and writings of jonathan swift_ (1751), in several letters addressed to his second son, and _memoirs of robert carey, earl of monmouth_, from the original manuscript, with preface and notes. he died on the 16th of november 1762. his _letters from italy_ appeared in 1774, edited, with memoir, by the rev. j. duncombe. the earldom continued in later years in the boyle family, being held in 1909 by the 10th earl (b. 1861). the wife of the 7th earl (see cork and orrery, mary, countess of) was a famous figure in society in the early 19th century. bibliography for 1st earl.--_true remembrances_, written by himself and printed by birch in his edition of the works of robert boyle; _lismore papers_, ed. by a. b. grosart (10 vols., 1886-1887), 1st series consisting of the diary from 1611 to his death and of autobiographical notes, and 2nd series of correspondence; _life of lord cork_, by dorothea townshend (1904); article in the _dict. of nat. biog._, with authorities there given; _egerton_ mss. 80 (copies of correspondence); _add. mss._, brit. mus., 19831-19832 (rebellion in munster, examination before the star chamber, correspondence) and 18023; strafford's _letters_; _calendars of state papers, domestic and irish_, and _carew papers_; e. lodge's _irish peerage_, i. 144; e. budgell's _memoirs of the boyles_ (1737); ed. edwards's _life of raleigh_; gardiner's _hist. of england_; charles smith's _history of cork_ (1893); r. caulfield's _council book of youghal_; also the biography in _biographia britannica_, kippis, vol. ii. footnotes: [1] _lords journals._ [2] _strafford letters_, i. 156.