Career
He joined the British Colonial Office and was made magistrate in the Leeward Islands in 1879. He served as Colonial Secretary in Bermuda from 1882 to 1888 and in Gibraltar from 1888 to 1894 and was granted a knighthood for his service. In 1894 he moved to British Guiana, where he was Government Secretary and acted as Governor several times.
In March 1901, he was appointed Governor of Newfoundland, where he arrived in Saint Johns in mid-June.
He stayed as such until 1904, and wrote poems to the island"s rugged beauty including the Ode to Newfoundland which was adopted as the dominion"s national anthem. As governor, Boyle donated a trophy, the Boyle Challenge Cup, to the Newfoundland Hockey League.
He continued his colonial career with a posting as the 19th Governor of Mauritius from 20 August 1904 to 10 April 1911, after which he retired to Brighton, England.
