Charles Boyle was the son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Clifford, 2nd Baroness Clifford suo jure, and was styled with the courtesy title of Viscount Dungarvan from birth.
In 1663, Charles Boyle was called to the Irish House of Lords as Viscount Dungarvan[1] and became a Fellow of the Royal Society the following year.
[2] From 1670 to 1679, Charles was Member of Parliament for Tamworth in the British House of Commons, and then for Yorkshire from 1679 onward.
In 1689, he was called to the British House of Lords for the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough,[1] which had been created for his father in 1644.
[1] As he predeceased his father in 1694, his titles passed to his eldest son, Charles Boyle who succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Earl of Burlington.