Biography
Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon, was born 15 May 1860 to Henry Bentinck Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon (1833-1890) and Blanche Emma Lascelles (1837-1863) and died 11 December 1906 of unspecified causes. He married Nellie Thompson (-1910) 10 August 1895 . Notable ancestors include William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet (c940-996), Alfred the Great (849-899), Henry II of England (1133-1189), Robert I of Scotland (1274-1329), Willem van Oranje (1533-1584). Ancestors are from the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, England, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Israel, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belarus, Italy, Denmark, Scotland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Lithuania, Bohemia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Barbados, Turkey, the Byzantine Empire, Sweden, Canaan.He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in Canada from 1885 to 1887.
Children
| Offspring of Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon and Nellie Thompson (-1910) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Richard Charles Boyle (1896-1896) | | ||
| Richard Bernard Boyle, 7th Earl of Shannon (1897-1917) | 13 November 1897 | 13 April 1917 Arras, France | |
| Helen Boyle (1898-) | | ||
| Robert Henry Boyle, 8th Earl of Shannon (1900-1963) | 1 February 1900 | 1963 | Marjorie Walker (-1981) |
Namesakes of Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (1860-1906)
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