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Lord Burlington was born in Yorkshire into a wealthy Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, the only son of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington and his wife, Juliana Boyle (née Noel; 1672–1750). He succeeded to his titles and extensive estates in Yorkshire and Ireland at the age of nine, after his father's death in February 1704.
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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork (20 October 1612 – 15 January 1698) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who served as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and was a Cavalier. Early life [ edit ]
The first creation was for Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork, on 20 March 1664 (see the Earl of Cork for earlier history of the family). He had previously been created Baron Clifford of Londesborough , in the County of York, on 4 November 1644, also in the Peerage of England. Lord Burlington was the husband of Elizabeth Clifford, 2nd Baroness ...
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The design of the house was a collaborative effort between Thomas Coke, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and William Kent, with Matthew Brettingham the elder acting as the on-site architect. The house was built between 1736 and 1764, with work on the interiors only completed in 1771.
Lord Burlington's original front facade was replaced in 1828 by a Greek Revival portico designed by J. P. Pritchett. [2] In 1925, York Corporation purchased the building and made further alterations in 1939 through 1951. [2] The York Conservation Trust purchased the Assembly Rooms in 2002 and are responsible for the building's maintenance.
Plan of Chiswick House. The Jacobean house was used by the Boyle family as a summer retreat from their central London home, Burlington House. [9] [10] After a fire in 1725, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (Lord Burlington), then head of the family, [9] decided to build a new "villa" to the west of the old Chiswick House.