Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon [SEP] occupation
Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon PC (1675 – 20 December 1740) was a British military officer and statesman. 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 fleet, under the command of the Marquis de Château-Renault,
2nd Earl of Burlington 1690– (died 1704)
- Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon 1756– (died 1764)
- Richard Longfield, 1st Viscount Longueville 1758–1761
- Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon 1786– (died 1807)
- Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston 1789 (died 1799)
- Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald 1805–1814
- Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile: 1809–1819
- William Tonson, 2nd Baron Riversdale: 1820–1831
- William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond: