Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Gurney Boyle, 1st Baronet KC (6 September 1848 – 19 March 1909) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament for Taunton, but died three years later, aged 60 a month after he had resigned his seat.

He had been made a baronet in 1904.

Boyle was born in Kensington, London on 6 September 1848 the son of Edward Boyle. He first became architect and was a Fellow of the Surveyor's Institute. With a change of career he was called to the bar in 1887 as a barrister. He later became a King's Counsel.

In 1900 he stood as a Conservative candidate for Hastings in the 1900 General Election, he lost to the liberal candidate. He stood again in 1903 in Rye at a by-election, he again lost to the Liberal candidate. In the 1906 General Election he stood as a candidate at Taunton where he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Taunton. He resigned his seat on 11 February 1909 due to ill health and was appointed a Steward of the Manor of Northeasted.

In 1874 Boyle married Constance Knight and they had a son and daughter. Boyle died on 19 March 1909 at his house at Queens Gate, Kensington, London aged 60, he was succeeded by his eldest son Edward Gurney Boyle.

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