Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon

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British Field Marshal

PoliticiansLived 1675 to 1740 · aged 65

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Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, PC was a British army officer and politician.

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The storming of Vigo during the War of the Spanish Succession

Ashley House, Ashley Park - image extracted from page 146 of volume 4 of "Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. L.P", drawn by John Preston Neale in 1818.

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Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, PC was a British army officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of the Boyne during the Williamite War in Ireland and at the Battle of Landen during the Nine Years' War, he commanded a brigade of grenadiers during the storming of Vigo during the War of the Spanish Succession. During this engagement the entire French-Spanish fleet was either captured or destroyed. He also took part in a successful raid on Barcelona three years later. He went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland during the 1720s and 1730s.