 He held the posts of Speaker and Chancellor until 1753, when he was dismissed by the viceroy Lord Dorset for refusing to pay over an Irish tax surplus to the government in London.This led to the "Money Bill dispute" of 1753-56, and Boyle came to be seen as an early Irish patriot.Reinstated in 1755 by Devonshire, the next viceroy, in 1756 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Castle Martyr, Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Earl of Shannon.