Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington

The Right Honourable

The Countess of Burlington
The Right Honourable; The Countess of Burlington
	Michael Dahl, Lady Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork, oil painting, 1720, Hardwick Hall, National Trust.
Born	Dorothy Savile; 13 September 1699
Died	21 September 1758 (aged 59); Chiswick House
Nationality	English
Education	William Kent; Joseph Goupy;
Known for	Caricatures and portraits
Spouse	Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (m. 1721; died 1753)
Children	Dorothy FitzRoy, Countess of Euston; Lady Julianna Boyle; Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington;
Parents	William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (father); Mary Finch (mother);

Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork (née Savile; 13 September 1699 – 21 September 1758)^: 116 was a British noble and court official, as well as a caricaturist and portrait painter. Several of her studies and paintings were made of her daughters. Through her daughter Charlotte, who married the 4th Duke of Devonshire. A collection of 24 of her works of art descended to the Duke of Devonshire and kept at Chatsworth House.

Boyle had a great interest in the arts and was a patron of David Garrick and George Frideric Handel. She was one of Queen Caroline's Ladies of the Bedchamber. Savile Row, developed at the edge of the Boyle's Burlington House estate, was named after her (based on her surname, Savile).

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