Richard Boyle (rowing)

Olympic medal record
Men's rowing
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Eight

Richard Frederick Robert Pochin Boyle (11 October 1888 – 6 February 1953) was a British coxswain who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]

Boyle was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, the son of Major Charles John Boyle and Lillian Kennedy Pochin.[2] Boyle was educated at Cambridge University and coxed the Cambridge boat in the Boat Race in 1907 and 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights which won the bronze medal rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[3]

In the First World War, Boyle was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 14 September 1914.[4] He was promoted to temporary lieutenant on 9 December 1914,[5] temporary captain on 23 July 1915,[6] substantive lieutenant on 14 July 1916[7] and substantive captain on 24 June 1917.[8] He was wounded and relinquished his commission on 8 May 1919 due to ill health.[9]

Boyle married Marion Elisa Hill Wallace, daughter of Major-General Hill Wallace, on 12 February 1918.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Richard Boyle". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ the Peerage.com
  3. ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Richard Boyle
  4. ^ "No. 28983". The London Gazette. 23 November 1914. p. 9675.
  5. ^ "No. 29021". The London Gazette. 29 December 1914. p. 11148.
  6. ^ "No. 29254". The London Gazette. 6 August 1915. p. 7753.
  7. ^ "No. 29682". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 26 July 1916. p. 7420.
  8. ^ "No. 30148". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 23 June 1917. p. 6265.
  9. ^ "No. 31329". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 7 May 1919. p. 5756.


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