Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork ( 1695 - 1753 )

Birth: 25 April 1695 Death: Chiswick, Middlesex (15 December 1753) Burial: Londesborough, Yorkshire Research Field: Architecture Career: Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1714); Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire (1715-1721) and of the West Riding (1715-1733); Lord Treasurer of Ireland (1715); Governor of Co Cork (1715); Vice Admiral of Yorkshire (1715-1733); Privy Councillor (1729); Captain of the Band of Gentleman Pensioners (1731-1733); Constable of Knaresborough Castle; an amateur architect, collector of pictures and patron of artists, architects and men of letters, he spent over £200,000 on buildings and the fine arts and was forced to sell some of his Irish estates; designed for himself the Palladian villa in which he lived in Chiswick Honours: KG 1730 Memberships: FSA (1724) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 25/10/1722.