Surname: Boyle Forename(s): Mary Louisa b. 12 November 1810. d. 7 April 1890. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, and playwright. Father was Admiral Sir Courtney Boyle, grandfather
was seventh Earl of Cork and Orrery. Well connected to major literary figures like
the Brownings, Dickens, and Tennyson (Tennyson’s son Hallam married to Boyle’s niece,
and Tennyson wrote his poem “To Mary Boyle” for her). Biographical information: ODNB; Tennyson: A Selected Edition, ed. by Christopher Ricks, revised edition, Pearson Longman, 2007, p. 564; Colman
pp. 42-3. (AC)