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BART SIR BOYLE ROCHE

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 426 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR
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BOYLE
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ROCHE  . (1743-1807), Irish soldier and politician, famous for his " bulls," came of a
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branch of the
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family of the Viscounts
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Fermoy . He served in the
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American
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War, and sat in the Irish
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parliament from 1777 onwards, being created a
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baronet in 1782 for his
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loyalty to the
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government . He supported the
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Union, and one of his recorded " bulls "—many, however, being only fastened on him—was his
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declaration that he would have " the two sisters " (
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England and
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Ireland) " embrace like one
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brother."
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Sir
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Boyle
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Roche was a characteristically witty and genial Irish-
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man, and was
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master of the ceremonies at
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Dublin
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Castle .

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