Rev. DD Boyle

Rev David Dorrington Boyle DD

He is regarded as a founder member and clearly a leading light amongst Independent Orangemen, and had it not been for his intervention in Ballymoney it is questionable if the Institution would have taken the numbers it did.

As grand Chaplain he held the highest of offices however by 1908 he appears to have no real connection with the Order. He moved to Newry then east Belfast and served as minister there from 1910 until his death in 1938. Here under Boyle, McQuiston memorial Presbyterian Church eventually became the largest Presbyterian congregation in Ireland, peaking at over 1500 families.