Son of the third earl; he was educated at Eton, succeeded to the title in 1775, and was a Scottish representative peer (1790-1815).

REFERENCES TO George Boyle, fourth earl of Glasgow:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 25 November 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)