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2 unusual facts about Earl of Glasgow


Earl of Glasgow

The fourth Earl was created Baron Ross, of Hawkhead in the County of Renfrew, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a title which became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl in 1890.

Philip Freeman

He served as principal of the Theological College, Chichester, from 1846 to 1848, and was a canon and a reader in theology in Cumbrae College (the college built by the Earl of Glasgow in the island of Cumbrae, Buteshire) from 1853 to 1858, having at the same time charge of the episcopal church in that island.



see also

David Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow

Rear Admiral David William Maurice Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow, CB, DSC (24 July 1910 – 8 June 1984) was a British nobleman and a Royal Navy officer.

Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow

Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow DL (born 30 July 1939) is a British peer, politician and the current chief of Clan Boyle.

The Ascension, Lavender Hill

The foundation stone was laid on the 1st June, 1874, by John Patrick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow; according to Henry Simmonds in All About Battersea (1882) it was situated "under the altar" of the temporary church.