Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon

Richard served as a Member of Parliament, representing the County Cork constituency in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1832.

George Seymour was a son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and his wife Lady Isabella Fitzroy.

[4] John Plumer was also High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1689, appointed during the reign of William III and Mary II.

[6] Jonathan Swift records the arranged marriage of Anne to the Earl of Abercorn in "The Journal to Stella", placing it in 1711.

In an entry dated 2 March 1711, Swift reports "I dined with Lord Abercorn, whose son Peasley will be married at Easter to ten thousand pounds."

[7] John Plumer is later noted granting refuge to Jane Wenham, subject of a witch trial, at his estate, New Place at Gilston.

In 1852, Boyle was appointed Attaché to the British envoy at Frankfurt am Main, a Free imperial city maintaining its independence.

From 1852 to 1853, Boyle served as Attaché to the British embassy at Vienna, capital of the Austrian Empire.

She was a daughter of William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet, High Sheriff of Warwickshire and his wife Jane Mary Keane.