Charles  Boyle,  fourth  Earl  of  Orrery,  and  first  Baron
of  Marston,  was  grandson  of  Roger  Boyle,  the  first
Earl  of  Orrery,  and  succeeded  to  the  title  on  the  death
of  his  brother  Lionel.  He  was  born  in  1676.  He
was  an  eminent  scholar,  and  translated  the  Epistles  of
Phalaris,  through  which  he  became  involved  in  the  most
famous  literary  controversy  of  the  time  with  Richard
Bentley,  who  denied  their  authenticity.  In  172 1  Orrery
was  confined  in  the  Tower  for  six  months  as  being"
implicated  in  Layer's  Jacobite  Plot.  Besides  other
works,  he  wrote  a  comedy  called  "As  you  Find  it."
The  astronomical  instrument  invented  by  Graham  re-
ceived from  his  patronage  the  name  of  an  "  Orrery."
The  original  was  one  of  the  valuable  exhibits  formerly
in  the  library  at  Marston.
John  Boyle,  the  fifth  Earl  of  Orrery,  was  the  only
son  of  Charles,  the  fourth  Earl,  whom  he  succeeded  in
1 73 1.  On  the  death  of  his  kinsman,  Richard  Boyle,
the  Earl  of  Cork  and  Burlington,  he  succeeded  as  fifth
Earl  of  Cork,  thus  uniting  the  Orrery  peerage  to  the
older  Cork  peerage.  John  Boyle  is  principally  remem-
bered as  the  friend  of  Swift  and  Pope,  and  afterwards
of  Doctor  Johnson.  In  the  literary  world  his  principal
works  were  the  translation  of  the  letters  of  Pliny  the
Younger,  and  "  Remarks  on  the  Life  and  Writings  of
Jonathan  Swift."


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He  died  in  1762,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son
Edmund,  the  great-grandfather  of  the  late  Earl.
