Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton
The Right Honourable The Viscount Boyd of Merton | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 8 March 1983 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd (1939-12-07) 7 December 1939 (age 84) |
Political party | Crossbench |
Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton (born 7 December 1939), is a British hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords.
Family
The son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, Lord Boyd was educated at Eton and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1962, with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1966 with a Master of Arts. He was deputy chairman of Arthur Guinness & Sons between 1981 and 1986.
Lord Boyd of Merton married Alice Mary Clive (born 24 March 1942), daughter of the writer Lady Mary Clive, on 24 July 1962. They had four children:
- Hon. Charlotte Mary Lennox-Boyd (b. 16 April 1963), married Charles Mitchell in 1992 and had issue;
- Hon. Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (b. 21 October 1964), married Shelia Mary Margaret Williams in 1993 and had issue. He is the heir apparent to the present holder's viscountcy and his son Alan George Simon Lennox-Boyd (b. 11 March 1993) is the heir's heir apparent who is named after his great-grandfather.
- Hon. Edward George Lennox-Boyd (b. 30 March 1968), married Tamsin Hichens in 1994 and had issue. He changed his name by deed poll to Edward George Clive on 24 November 1999;
- Hon. Philippa Patricia Lennox-Boyd (b. 12 March 1970), married Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens, in 1998 and had issue.
Lord Boyd of Merton lived at Ince Castle in Cornwall until 2018, when it was sold.
Arms
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Notes
- ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
- Person page Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton - Website thePeerage.com
- Burke's Peerage
- Who's Who 2009
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Boyd of Merton
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Viscount Boyd of Merton 1983–present Member of the House of Lords (1983–1999) | Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Benjamin Lennox-Boyd |
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