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Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

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17th Century Life

 

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4b - Chiswick After Lord Burlington

 

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Lord Burlington’s Chiswick House

 

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3b - The Obelisk Lord Burlington and William Kent

 

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How To Pronounce Lord Burlington

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, was an Anglo-Irish architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork, Burlington never took more than a passing interest in politics despite his position as a Privy Counsellor and a member of both the British House of Lords and the Irish House of Lords.