Sir Graham Hugh Boyce (born 6 October 1945) is a British retired diplomat. He is the son of Commander Hugh Boyce and brother to Philip Boyce, who was president of the Royal College of Psychiatry in Australia, and

Lord Boyce Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce, (2 April 1943 – 6 November 2022) was a British Royal Navy officer who also sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until his death in November 2022. Boyce commanded three sub ...

, former

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of the

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and Chief of the Defence Staff.

Career

Boyce was educated at

Hurstpierpoint College (''Blessed are the pure in heart'') , established = , closed = , type = Public SchoolIndependent School , religious_affiliation = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Dominic M ...

and at

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...

. Sir Graham served in the

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between 1968 and 2003, during which time he held the following offices: * Consul-General to Sweden—1987 and 1990 * Ambassador and Consul-General to Qatar—1990 – 1993 * Ambassador to Kuwait—1996 – 1999 * Ambassador to Egypt—1999 – 2001 Boyce was invested as a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1991, and as a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 2001. Boyce married Janet Elizabeth Spencer on 11 April 1970. They have four children: James (b. 1971), Rachel (b. 1974), Sara (b. 1980), and Josephine (b. 1984). His grandchildren are Sienna, Amélie, Charlie, Joey, Iona, Alana, Lauren, Rufus, Wren, and Leo. Since leaving the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Boyce has worked for a number of companies in an advisory capacity including serving on the advisory board of

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Middle East, Merchant International Group and Invensys. He is currently an advisor to Nomura,

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, and

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. He has also been a consultant to UK-based arms company BAE Systems, and deputy chairman of UK-based arms company Vosper Thorneycroft.

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* * 1945 births Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kuwait Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Qatar Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Living people People educated at Hurstpierpoint College {{UK-diplomat-stub