[6] As many Commissioners had invested heavily in the Darien Scheme, they believed that they would receive compensation for their losses of which Article 15 granted £398,085 10s sterling to Scotland, a sum known as The Equivalent, to offset future liability towards the English national debt, that was in essence used as a means of compensation for investors in the Company of Scotland's Darien Scheme.

[7] In total, £20,000 (£240,000 Scots) was dispatched to Scotland,[5] of which £12,325, more than 60% of the funding, was distributed to Boyle and The Duke of Queensbury, the Commissioner in Parliament.

[4] On 31 January 1699, he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Boyle of Kelburn, Stewartoun, Cumbrae, Finnick, Largs and Dalry,[2] with a special remainder to all of his heirs male whatsoever.

[3] On 12 April 1703, he advanced to the titles of Viscount of Kelburn and Earl of Glasgow,[2] with a special remainder to all of his heirs male whatsoever.

Before her death in 1724, they had three daughters, including:[12] In 1711, an engraving was made of The Earl by John Smith (1652-1743), based upon a portrait of him done by Jonathan Richardson (1665-1745).