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Earl of Shannon - definition of Earl of Shannon in Encyclopedia (136 words) |
 | The title of Earl of Shannon was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1756. |
 | The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Boyle of Bandon (1756) and Baron Castle Martyr (1756) in the Peerage of Ireland, and until 1999 sat in the House of Lords as Baron Carleton (1780) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. |
 | Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon (b. |
| GENUKI: English Peerage 1790: Barons 4 (4112 words) |
 | EDMUND BOYLE, earl of Cork and Orrery, viscount Dungarvan, baron Boyle of Youghal and baron Boyle of Broghil of the kingdom of Ireland; baron Boyle of Marston of the kingdom of Great Britain; colonel of the militia of the county of Somerset. |
 | Charles, fourth earl of Orrery, son of Roger second earl of Orrery, is considered as one of the literary ornaments of the reign of queen Anne. |
 | ROBERT AURIOL DRUMMOND HAY, earl of Kinnoul, viscount Dupplin of Dupplin, and baron Hay of Kinfauns of the kingdom of Scotland; baron Hay of Pedwardin in the county of Hereford. |