The Boyle Baronetcy, of Ockham in the Parish of Salehurst in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 14 December 1904 for Edward Boyle a barrister, businessman and

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for

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. His grandson, the third Baronet, was also a Conservative

and ultimately

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serving as Minister of Education from 1962 to 1964. He was made a

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as Baron Boyle of Handsworth, of Salehurst in the County of Sussex, in 1970 and became

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of the

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in the same year.University of Leeds, List of former Vice-Chancellors
The life peerage became extinct on his death in 1981 and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. As of 2019 the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who succeeded in 1983.

Boyle baronets, of Ockham (1904)

* Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet (1848–1909) *Sir Edward Boyle, 2nd Baronet (1878–1945) * Sir Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, 3rd Baronet (1923–1981) *Sir Richard Gurney Boyle, 4th Baronet (1930–1983) *Sir Stephen Gurney Boyle, 5th Baronet (born 1962)

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012

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