Picture Archive & Historical Portraits
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Image Licensing
  • Philip Mould Gallery
  • Contact
Menu
Portrait of the 1st Earl of Shannon (1686-1764)

Browse artworks

Stephen Slaughter, Portrait of the 1st Earl of Shannon (1686-1764), 1720s

Stephen Slaughter

Portrait of the 1st Earl of Shannon (1686-1764), 1720s
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.2 cm)
Philip Mould & Co.
License Image
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EStephen%20Slaughter%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EPortrait%20of%20the%201st%20Earl%20of%20Shannon%20%281686-1764%29%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E1720s%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EOil%20on%20canvas%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E50%20x%2040%20in.%20%28127%20x%20101.2%20cm%29%3C/div%3E
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com  In a family profuse with titles Henry Boyle was the grandson of the first Earl of Orrery and the great...
Read more
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com

In a family profuse with titles Henry Boyle was the grandson of the first Earl of Orrery and the great grandson of the Great Earl of Cork. He succeeded to his property in 1705, at the age of nineteen, and devoted himself to a career in Irish politics. He was Member of Parliament for Midleton from 1707-11, for Kilmallock from 1713-1715 and for County Cork from 1715-1756. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor on the 13th April 1733. On 4th October 1733 he was made Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland, and on 19th November that year he was made Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was one of His Majesty's Lords Justices for Ireland on no fewer than nineteen occasions.

On his resignation of the Speakership of the House of Commons in 1756 he was granted a pension of £2,000 for thirty one years and raised to the peerage in that year as Baron of Castle Martyr, Viscount Boyle of Bandon and Earl of Shannon.
Close full details

Provenance

The Earls of Shannon

Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
1692 
of  2015
PHILIP MOULD & COMPANY
CONTACT

+44 (0)20 7499 6818
art@philipmould.com

18-19 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5LU

philipmould.com

FOLLOW US

Instagram

Facebook

TikTok

YouTube

Artsy

 

Join the mailing list
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Picture Archive & Historical Portraits
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Be the first to hear about our available artworks

Interests *

Sign Up

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.