Catherine (Boyle) Jones (1614 - 1691)

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Catherine Boyle was a member of the aristocracy in Ireland.

Biography

Lady Catherine Boyle was born in 1615. She was the daughter of Richard Boyle, the 1st Earl of Cork and Catherine Fenton. She later married Arthur Jones, the 2nd Viscount of Ranelagh, the son of Roger Jones, the 1st Viscount of Ranelagh, in 1630. She died on 23rd December 1691. She was also known as Charlotte. From 1630, her married name became Jones. As a result of her marriage, Lady Catherine Boyle was also styled as the Viscountess of Ranelagh in 1643.

Children of Lady Catherine Boyle and Arthur Jones, the 2nd Viscount Ranelagh.

1. Catherine Jones m. Hugh Montgomery, the 1st Earl of Mount Alexander.
2. Richard Jones, the 1st and last Earl of Ranelagh. Born 8th Feb 1640/41, Died 5th Jan 1711/12

Research Notes

"Katherine, married in her fifteenth year to Arthur Jones, only son and heir to Viscount Ranelagh, was some two and a half years younger than Dungarvan. Nearly ten years older than Mary, she remained all her life the closest and dearest friend of this youngest sister. In Mary's Diary she is always 'Sister' or 'Sister Ranelagh,' sometimes only 'S. R.' Sir John Leake's gossipy letters speak of Katherine in the warmest terms. He was living for some years in a house rented from Barrymore, whose cousin he was, and farming the park at Castle Lyon. There he often met Katherine while she was visiting her sister, Alice Barrymore, his 'deare Mustris,' of whom he says : ... " ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Mary Rich, countess of Warwick (1625-1678): her family and friends, pg 37 [1]

• Townshend, D., The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork, 1904