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William Boyle 12th Earl of Cork - Last Years | | William Boyle 12th Earl of Cork - Last Years: Encyclopedia II - William Boyle 12th Earl of Cork - Last Years | | In 1941, Lord Cork led the inquiry into the action of Admiral James Somerville at the indecisive Battle of Spartivento. The Admiral was vindicated.
Lord Cork served as a trustee of the National Maritime Museum from 1939 to 1947 and was President of the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Training Ship from 1943 to 1953. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says that "...right up to the end of his very long life he had a commanding presence, walking upright with his shoulders back."
He and his wife of sixty years, a daughter of the 7th Earl of Albemarle, had no children, and his titles passed to ...
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William Boyle 12th Earl of Cork - Last Years
In 1941, Lord Cork led the inquiry into the action of Admiral James Somerville at the indecisive Battle of Spartivento. The Admiral was vindicated.
Lord Cork served as a trustee of the National Maritime Museum from 1939 to 1947 and was President of the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Training Ship from 1943 to 1953. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says that "...right up to the end of his very long life he had a commanding presence, walking upright with his shoulders back."
He and his wife of sixty years, a daughter of the 7th Earl of Albemarle, had no children, and his titles passed to a nephew, Patrick Reginald Boyle. He was vigorous to the end.
He died in his home in London on April 19, 1967, at the age of 93, surviving his wife by four years, and is buried at Frome in Somerset, England.
Never a wealthy man, probate of his will was granted on August 23, 1967 at 7,381 pounds sterling.
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