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 430 BURGHLEY II. 1598. 2. Thomas (Cecil), Baron Burghley, s. and h., by 1st wife, b. 5 May 1542. On 4 May 1605 he was cr. Earl of Exeter, with which title this Barony continues (19 12) united. See "Exeter," Earldom of, cr. 1605. BURKE see BOURKE ' BURLEIGH see BURGHLEY See "Balfour of Burleigh," Barony [S.], cr. 1607. BURLINGTON otherwise BRIDLINGTON EARLDOM. I. Richard Boyle, ^/j/i?^ " Richard the Rich," 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h. (eldest of the 5 (") distinguished sons) I. 1664. of Richard (Boyle), ist Earl of Cork, iSc. [I.], the "Great Earl," by his 2nd wife. He was b. 20 Oct. 1612, at the College of Youghal, co. Cork; was knighted at Youghal (being then j/y/f^ Viscount Dungarvan) 30 Aug. 1624, by the Lord Deputy Falkland; went on foreign travel 1632 to 1634, with an allowance of ;/!^iooo (after- wards ;£i50o) a year. Raised a troop of horse for the King in 1639, for whose cause he valiantly fought, defeating the Irish near Liscarrol in 1642. M.P. for Appleby, 1640 to Nov. 1643, when he was "disabled;" Gov. of Youghal, 1 641 ; sue. his father as Earl of Cork, i^z. [I.] in Sep. 1643. On the death of his wife's father, the Earl of Cumberland, on 1 1 Dec. 1643, he sue. to the vast estates of the Clifford family in Yorkshire and elsewhere, and consequently, on 4 Nov. 1644, was cr. BARON CLIFFORD OF LANESBOROUGH, CO. York. He was a compounder to Pari, in the amount of ^(^1631, retiring for some years to the continent. Lord Treasurer [I.], 16 Nov. 1660 to 1695, when he resigned the office to his grandson. P.C. [I.], Dec. 1660. On 20 Mar. 1663/4, he was cr. EARL OF BUR- LINGTON, otherwise BRIDLINGTON, co. York. Lord Lieut, of the W. Riding co. York (during the temporary disgrace of the Duke of Bucking- ham) Mar. to Nov. 1667 and again 1 679-8 7 ;() re-gazetted P.C. [I.] 21 Mar. 1684/5, and ^ -D^*^- 1690. Recorder of York 1685-88. He joined in the petition, 17 Nov. 1688, to James II to call an Irish Pari., and was subse- quently attainted by the Pari. [I.] of 7 May 1689, which he did not attend,() but was restored in 1690. He «/., 3 July 1634, at the chapel in Skipton Castle, in Craven, co. York, Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Clifford [1628], (^) Four of whom were created peers, see note iub Boyle of Kinalmeaky, where also is given a list of similar cases. {'') Being probably one of the Lord Lieutenants deprived by James II, for a list of whom see Appendix G to this volume. ('=) For the peers present in, and absent from this Pari., see vol. iii, Appendix D.