Henry Harrison "H. H." Boyce (1842 – 14 October 1903) was an American financier, publisher and politician.

Military service

Boyce enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private at age 20.

Later life

In 1884, he became a shareholder in the

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, which was later to publish the ''

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''. From 1886 to 1890, he was proprietor and manager of the '' Los Angeles Tribune'', and was identified with the town of

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, in this county of which he was the projector.Gladstone City, The Cream of the East San Gabriel Valley
Los Angeles Herald, Volume 27, Number 17, 22 April 1887 For over four years Boyce was the recognized leader of the Republican Party machine in Southern California. For four years he served as one of the directors of the Southern National Bank of California, and was interested In the development of Southern California during the boom period from 1885 to 1890. When the Tribune Publishing company failed, Boyce moved to

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and secured control of the ''Advertiser'' of that city. He died in

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on 14 October 1903, at the age of 60, after being struck by a street car on Broadway crossing the road after dining at

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with his friend Benjamin F. Tracy. He received injuries from which he died in the hospital soon afterward.Gen. H. H. Boyce Killed By Car
''Los Angeles Herald'', Volume XXXI, Number 14, 15 October 1903] His daughter

Neith Boyce Neith Boyce (March 21, 1872 – December 2, 1951) was an American novelist, journalist, and theatre artist. Much of Boyce’s earlier work was published with help from her parents, Mary and Henry Harrison Boyce. Neith Boyce later co-founded the ...

became an author and playwright.

References

American newspaper publishers (people) California Republicans 1842 births 1903 deaths Road incident deaths in New York City Place of birth missing People of California in the American Civil War 19th-century American businesspeople {{US-bio-stub