David Boyle, Lord Boyle

David Boyle, Lord Boyle FRSE (26 July 1772 – 4 February 1853) was a Scottish judge.

The Right Honourable David Boyle, Lord Boyle
Lord President of Court of Session
Personal details
Born	(1772-07-26)26 July 1772 Irvine
Died	30 January 1853(1853-01-30) (aged 80)

Life

Boyle was born near Irvine on 26 July 1772, the son of Elizabeth Dunlop, daughter of Professor Alexander Dunlop.[1] and the Honorable Reverend Patrick Boyle of Shewalton (died 1874),[2] son of John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow.

He was studied law at the University of St Andrews (1787) and then at the University of Glasgow (1789).[3]

He became an advocate in 1793. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayrshire from 1807 to 1811 and served as Solicitor General for Scotland during that period. In 1811 he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, with the judicial title Lord Boyle. He was Lord Justice Clerk from 1811 to 1841. He became a Privy Counsellor in 1820[1] and Lord Justice General from 1841 to 1852.

From 1815 to 1817 he served as Rector of the University of Glasgow.[3]

In 1833 his address was listed as 28 Charlotte Square at the west end of Edinburgh's New Town.[4]

Family

Boyle married firstly, in 1804, Elizabeth Montgomery (died April 1822), daughter of Alexander Montgomery. They had several children, including Patrick Boyle, father of David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow; and Alexander Boyle, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.

Boyle married secondly, in 1827, Catherine Campbell Smythe, daughter of David Smythe, Lord Methven.[2] Their children included George David Boyle, who became Dean of Salisbury. Boyle died on 4 February 1853, aged 80. His second wife died in December 1880.[1]

His daughter, Helen, married Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, Baronet of Kilkerran.

David Boyle inherited the family estate of Shewalton near Irvine, and was buried at Dundonald, South Ayrshire.[1]

The central pavilion on the south side of Charlotte Square, home of Lord Boyle

Memorial to David Boyle at Dundonald.

Memberships

• Highland Society (1804)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820)[2]

Notes

1. Grant 1886.
2. http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
3. "BOYLE, David (1772-1853), of Shewalton, nr. Irvine, Ayr. | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

References

• Grant, Arthur Henry (1886). "Boyle, David" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 109–110.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Boyle
• thepeerage.com "Rt. Hon. David Boyle", The Peerage

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, Bt	Member of Parliament for Ayrshire 1807 – 1811	Succeeded by Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, Bt
Legal offices
Preceded by John Clerk	Solicitor General for Scotland 1807–1811	Succeeded by David Monypenny
Preceded by Charles Hope	Lord Justice Clerk 1811–1841	Succeeded by John Hope
Preceded by Lord Granton	Lord Justice General 1841–1852	Succeeded by Lord Colonsay