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 .
He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in Canada from 1885 to 1887.
Children
| 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) |
Footnotes (including sources)
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