Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of
- Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of
(1621-1679)
Statesman and dramatist, third s. of the Earl of Cork, was ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin. After having fought on the Royalist side he was, on the death of the King, induced by Cromwell to support him in his Irish wars and otherwise. After the death of the Protector he secured Ireland for Charles II., and at the Restoration was raised to the peerage. He wrote a romance in 6 vols., entitled Parthenissa, some plays, and a treatise on the Art of War. He has the distinction of being the first to introduce rhymed tragedies.
Short biographical dictionary of English literature .
John W. Cousin.
2011.
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