R. Boyle generously funded Bible translations and gospel propagation worldwide.
The Hon. R. Boyle was the seventh son of Richard, earl of Cork. His learning, piety, and beneficence, justly placed him among the most eminent men of the age in which he lived. So profound was his veneration for the Deity, that he never mentioned the Divine name without a visible pause in his discourse. He founded a lecture at St. Paul's for the defence of the Christian religion against infidels; and was at the expense of the translation and printing of 500 copies of the four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles into the Malayan language. He also nobly rewarded Dr. E. Pocock, for the translation of Grotius, "On the Truth of the Christian Religion," into Arabic; of which he printed an edition in quarto, and caused it to be dispersed in the countries where it could be understood. He gave, during his life, £300 to aid the propagation of the gospel, and for translating, printing, and circulating the Scriptures among the American Indians in their vernacular dialects. He caused a font of type to be cast, and the Irish New Testament to be reprinted at his own expense; and afterwards contributed £700 to print an edition of the whole Bible in the same language, besides £100 towards an edition for the Highlands of Scotland. He also contributed £60 towards an edition of the Turkish New Testament; and liberally aided the printing of the Scriptures in the Welsh language. He died in 1691.
