Boyle had a great interest in the arts and was a patron of David Garrick and George Frideric Handel.

Afterwards she went to live with her grandfather Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham at his home Burley on the hill with her many aunts and uncles.

[5] Kent, who lived with Savile and Boyle for 30 years, studied painting in Rome and in addition to being an artist, he was a designer and landscape gardener.

According to Neil Jeffares and the British Museum, she may have had lessons from Charles Jervas, the King's portrait painter.

[5] Horace Walpole said of Boyle, "She drew in crayons, and succeeded admirably in likenesses; but working with too much rapidity did not do justice to her genius.

'[10] Boyle was one of the signatories to Thomas Coram's 1735 petition to King George II[11] calling for the foundation of the Foundling Hospital.

[12] The petition was initially unsuccessful, but Dorothy influenced her husband, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, who in 1739 became involved in the creation of the Foundling Hospital and became a governor of the charity.

[14] Additionally the celebrated dancer Eva Marie Veigel (also known as Violette) lived with Boyle at her home Burlington House when she first came over to England in 1746.

[15] Garrick fell in love with the young dancer and in 1749 they wed.[16] Boyle was initially against the match but was later persuaded to support the marriage.

The Daily Post reported on 12 March 1733 that new buildings were about to be built on Savile Street in Mayfair, London.

[19] Dorothy Savile married Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington[1] on 21 March 1721 and brought a substantial dowry and a shared interest of theatre and music to the marriage.

[23]: 70  She enjoyed the opera, music, and theatre and was a patron of the arts, including David Garrick and George Frideric Handel.

[24] Her youngest daughter, Charlotte, married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (later 4th Duke of Devonshire), on 28 March 1748.