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David William Maurice Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow, (24 July 1910 – 8 June 1984), was a British nobleman and a

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officer. He was Chief of the Name and Arms of Boyle.

Naval career

Educated at

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, Boyle entered the Royal Navy and fought in the

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during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of commander and commanded the . Promoted to

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in 1952, he became Captain of the Fleet,

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, in March 1957, Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, in September 1959 and Flag Officer, Malta, in July 1961. He retired in 1963 as a rear admiral.

Family

In 1937 he married Dorothea Lyle (1914–2006), and had three children with her: * Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow *Lady Sarah Dorothea Boyle *Lady Nichola Jane Eleanora Boyle He divorced his first wife in 1962 and remarried the same year to Ursula Vanda Maud Vivian (1912–1984), daughter of the 4th Baron Vivian.

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