Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton

The Right Honourable The Lord Carleton PC
Lord President of the Council
In office 25 June 1721 – 27 March 1725
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Viscount Townshend
Succeeded by	The Duke of Devonshire
Personal details
Born	12 July 1669
Died
Education	Westminster School

Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton PC (12 July 1669 – 31 March 1725), was an Anglo-Irish politician of the early eighteenth century.

Biography

The son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, Boyle was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. and entered the army under the auspices of his uncle, the Tory politician Lord Rochester. However, Boyle himself became a Whig, and in 1688 deserted the army of James II in favour of the Prince of Orange.

Arms of Baron Carleton.

In 1689, he was elected to the Parliament of England for Tamworth, but was defeated the next year. He spent the next two years in Ireland managing the family estates and represented Cork County in the Irish House of Commons in 1692. In the same year, he returned also to parliament for Cambridge University, and became a prominent spokesman of the "country" opposition, but in 1697 he switched to the court party. Here he advanced quickly, becoming a Lord of the Treasury in 1699 and Chancellor of the Exchequer of England in 1701.

He picked up other offices as he went along, becoming Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lord Treasurer of Ireland in 1704, and was elected member for Westminster in 1705. With the departure of Harley and his followers from the government, Boyle became Secretary of State for the Northern Department and Lord Treasurer Godolphin's principal lieutenant in the Commons. His and Godolphin's dominance in the ministry was increasingly overshadowed by the power of the Junto of Whig aristocrats, however, and in 1710 he retired from office and withdrew from politics with the arrival of Harley's new Tory ministry.

Baron Carleton

With the Hanoverian succession in 1714, Boyle was raised to the peerage as Baron Carleton, and became Lord President in 1721, an office in which he continued until his death in 1725.

Carlton Way, a road in north Cambridge that follows the path of the Roman Akeman Street, and the public house The Carlton Arms on the same road, are named after him.

References

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Unknown	Member of Parliament for Cork County with St John Brodrick 1692–1695	Succeeded by Sir St John Brodrick Thomas Brodrick
Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Robert Sawyer Edward Finch	Member of Parliament for Cambridge University with Edward Finch 1692–1695 George Oxenden 1695–1689 Anthony Hammond 1698–1701 Isaac Newton 1701–1702 Arthur Annesley 1702–1705 1692–1705	Succeeded by Arthur Annesley Dixie Windsor
Preceded by Sir Walter Clarges, Bt Sir Thomas Crosse	Member of Parliament for Westminster with Sir Henry Dutton Colt, Bt 1705 – 1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Westminster with Sir Henry Dutton Colt, Bt 1707–1708 Thomas Medlycott 1708–1710 1707 – 1710	Succeeded by Thomas Medlycott Sir Thomas Crosse
Political offices
Preceded by The 2nd Earl of Burlington	Lord Treasurer of Ireland 1704–1715	Succeeded by The 3rd Earl of Burlington
Preceded by John Smith	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1701–1708	Succeeded by John Smith
Preceded by Robert Harley	Northern Secretary 1708–1710	Succeeded by Henry St John
Preceded by The Viscount Townshend	Lord President of the Council 1721–1725	Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire
Honorary titles
Preceded by The 2nd Earl of Burlington	Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1704–1715	Succeeded by The 3rd Earl of Burlington
	Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire 1704–1715
	Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1704–1715
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Carleton 1714–1725	Extinct